Bushfires

Following fatal fires in Western Australia's south earlier this week, stories are emerging of how homes were saved and communities rallied in the wake of tragedy. 

One house and six sheds have been lost in a fire started by farm machinery at Goomalibee, near north-east Victorian town Benalla.

A 34-year-old farmer dies helping fight a fire in Mindarabin, in WA's Great Southern region.

As firefighters continue to battle bushfires across WA's south-west land division, a century-old mission, which was part of the Stolen Generations history, has reportedly been badly damaged in the fire.

Locals of an east coast Tasmanian community say they urged authorities to tighten rules around burn-offs in the years before yet another bushfire tore through the area.

Firefighters are left without communications while battling emergency-level bushfires as an extended power outage sees mobile phone towers fail.

A bushfire in Tasmania that destroyed 19 homes was caused by a registered burn conducted about a week earlier, which was not extinguished by a landowner, authorities have confirmed.

After a fast-moving bushfire reached the front door of her home in 2023, Kay Douglas is now better prepared in case it happens again.

Gordon Plath thought he was one of the lucky ones when he escaped a bushfire that swept through Koolewong on the New South Wales Central Coast last weekend — but then he found himself in a stand-off with his insurer.

They are an eclectic mix but this diverse fleet of helicopters, water bombers and planes is ready to protect south-eastern Australia. 

It was an adventure into the unknown. From the surface all that could be seen was a small opening. The ABC has been given exclusive access to newly-discovered caves on South Australia's Kangaroo Island.

St Helens District High School student Rory Alexander arrives for his formal via boat from across the bay, after a bushfire closes the road.

Tasmanian students and teachers of St Helens District High School defy the Stieglitz bushfire to rescue formal wear, assemble decorations and food and hold their year 10 formal.

A Kenwick resident who lost a shed and thousands of dollars worth of machinery in a bushfire in Perth's south-east says the blaze came within metres of her house. 

St Helens District High School principal Anita Haley says cancelling the formal was never a thought and it was a "great team effort" to move the venue amid the bushfire emergency.

Hailstorms have damaged homes in parts of western NSW as the cost of nearby bushfires continues to mount. 

Fires in the city's north-east and south-east are downgraded to watch and act levels, while lives and homes remain possibly under threat. 

Firefighters have reopened access for residents of a bushfire-struck community on Tasmania's east coast.

Tasmania's bushfire season has suddenly arrived, with two catastrophes within days of each other. Here is how to prepare if one comes your way.

As a bushfire rages on Tasmania's east coast, bayside resident Paul Worsteling shelters in his car, charging his phone while saltwater rains down on the roof.