Fires

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

A NSW oyster grower is left reeling after tens of thousands of dollars' worth of equipment went up in flames just a week away from Christmas.

Parts of WA's Indigenous community are in mourning, while others have mixed feelings, after a former mission where members of the Stolen Generation were institutionalised was partly destroyed in a bushfire.

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

Four people remain in hospital with minor injuries after jumping for their lives from a burning apartment building.

Emergency services rushed to a Water Street address in Spring Hill after 3am following reports one of the units in the complex was fully engulfed by flames.

Western Australia's emergency warning system fails as multiple bushfires threaten lives and homes in the state's south, but emergency warnings for the blazes are downgraded.

Warnings have been raised for NSW not to be "complacent" about the state's ability to fight high-rise apartment fires, following last month's blaze in the Wang Fuk Court estate complex in Hong Kong.

Perth is in the grip of its hottest spell so far this summer, forcing the closure of a popular tourist attraction as abalone fishing season got underway. 

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.

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

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. 

The blaze killed 25 people, with authorities arresting six other people in the case so far.

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. 

A woman in WA's Midwest says she found a lit flare in her backyard in the early hours of the morning during extreme bushfire conditions.  

Firefighters called to a large blaze at a house in Adelaide's north find the body of a 72-year-old woman inside.

This week, the lives of dozens of Australians changed suddenly due to devastating bushfires in two states.

Homes have been lost and damaged in NSW and Tasmania and communities are now working together to pick up the pieces. Fiona Willan reports.

Matthew Petch says firefighters like him are being left behind by an outdated compensation scheme and a lack of health screening.

The fire broke out on the first floor of an office building in Indonesia's capital around midday on Tuesday, with at least 100 firefighters deployed to contain the blaze.

The NSW Rural Fire Service is asking people at Bogee, near the Capertee National Park, to continue to monitor conditions and follow the advice of emergency services.