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A recent bushfire in Kadnook, western Victoria, which destroyed at least one property and burned more than 1,000 hectares of land, is being investigated due to suspicion it was deliberately lit. This ...

Australia is bracing for extreme bushfire danger as soaring temperatures fuel what forecasters say may be the most severe heatwave since the “black summer” of 2019-20. The Bureau of Meteorology said a ...

As I write this, five people are dead and at least 1,000 buildings have been destroyed by wildfires that have swept across Los Angeles. Around 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. We are not ...

A woman who was stranded in the middle of an Australian bushfire was rescued after firefighters spotted her from their helicopter. On Friday (6 February), the Tasmania Fire Service was dispatched to ...