Fires

The NSW Cultural Fire Strategy has set a clear timeline to better resource and support Indigenous-led cultural burning. 

A child has died in a house fire in Werribee and another person has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Five other people were also treated at the scene after smoke carried through three storeys of the high-rise building.

The fire, at the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School in Gilgil in west-central Kenya, broke out in the early hours of Thursday morning and also injured 79 students.

The federal government's $2 billion lawsuit against "forever chemicals" manufacturer 3M has Fire Rescue Victoria considering whether it should relaunch its own legal proceedings.

The blaze reportedly started when a student set a mattress on fire inside the school's dormitory, with a further 79 students taken to hospital with injuries.

A national bushfire outlook forecasts above-average daytime and overnight temperatures for winter and an increased risk for NSW and WA.

Firefighters responded to separate blazes in Melbourne overnight, with police investigating one as an arson attack.

Preparing for an ember attack could extend your home's bushfire survivability rate to above 90 per cent or even closer to 100 per cent, a fire scientist says.

Arsonists struck a luxury car dealership in Melbourne's inner-east overnight, smashing into the building and setting it alight.

Fire crews were called to a blaze in Glenroy that gutted several shops. Locals say there have been multiple suspicious fires in the area.

The guilty man embarked on a two-week crime spree after his relationship soured with his business partner, who he also assaulted in front of the man's children.

Emergency services were called to the Wallcliffe Flats in Belconnen at about 6:30am where they found a ground-floor unit alight. 

Patrick and Susan Doyle recently lost almost everything in a house fire, including their beloved dogs, Oscar and Mercy. While the couple escaped with their lives, Mrs Doyle was badly burnt. They are warning others to be better prepared.

Police are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a temporary structure at the course amid a controversial redevelopment. In a separate incident, work was briefly halted when the perimeter fence was breached, and two people were later arrested for alleged trespassing.

A magistrate has told the court a "strong case couldn't be confidently asserted" against a 19-year-old accused of setting fire to a Cairns early learning centre.

Fire and Rescue NSW removed an unconscious 82-year-old woman from a house fire in Orange and performed CPR, but she died at the scene.

Dee-Ann Kelly lost her home to fire in 2024, now she's rebuilding an Earthship, made from recycled materials in an effort to make her home more fire resilient.

Bushfires are occurring at a new level of ferocity across Australia. It could leave our volunteers overpowered.

Perth has been blanketed in a thick smoke haze, the result of a prescribed burn-off in the city's eastern fringes.