1.2 million Queensland homes unprepared as smoke alarm deadline nears
The day Brandon Lewis lost everything in a house fire is still raw, more than a decade on.…
Four people left with life-threatening injuries following traffic crash in Scenic Rim
Four people have been seriously injured in a crash involving two cars and a motorcycle south of Brisbane. …
Man’s body found after Acacia Ridge house fire in Brisbane’s south
A man has died and a house has been destroyed in a fire in Brisbane’s south. Emergency services…
Calls for review into Queensland fire truck purchases after hundreds of complaints made in 10 months
Queensland volunteer firefighters say they are being sent to fire grounds in vehicles that fail to meet basic…
Tens of thousands of people without power as south-east Queensland suffers heat, fires, smoke a day after storm hits
Thousands of households across south-east Queensland entered Monday night without power after the region sweltered through a day…
Severe heatwave warning with Birdsville tipped to reach 46 degrees
Outback Queensland is sweltering with temperatures more than 10 degrees Celsius above the October average, and the heat…
Australia’s most disaster-prone state urged to prepare ahead of storm, flood and fire season
Just a day after crews contained an out-of-control bushfire — and with 60 fires currently burning across the…