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BushfiresExperts to assess Vic 'big battery' blaze

A 'big battery' fire west of Melbourne has burned throughout the weekend, with experts brought in to help firefighters bring the blaze to an end.

Emily Woods

BushfiresBushfire home risk app to bring new hope

A new app designed to help Australians assess the risk bushfires pose to their homes is to be distributed free of charge.

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BushfiresGreece issues wildfires warning

A severe heatwave in Greece has prompted authorities to warn of a high risk of wildfires.

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BushfiresTurkish wildfire death toll rises to four

Four people have died in wildfires burning on Turkey's southern coast where dozens of villages have been evacuated.

Mert Ozkan

BushfiresSA settles on bushfire management plan

South Australia has finalised a bushfire management plan to operate across the state until 2025.

Tim Dornin

BushfiresThree die as wildfire rages in Turkey

Wildfires burning in southern Turkey have killed three people and scorched homes, farms and vehicles.

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BushfiresDisaster-proofing grants not yet available

An inquiry has heard there is still much work to be done before disaster funding to help people bushfire and cyclone proof their homes is made available.

Georgie Moore

BushfiresDozens of wildfires scorch US West

More than 85 large wildfires are burning across the United States, most of them in the western part of the country.

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BushfiresMan's body found after blaze at Newcastle

A man's body has been found after firefighters extinguished a blaze at an apartment in Newcastle before dawn.

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BushfiresCalifornia's largest fire destroys homes

California's largest wildfire has continued its destructive path after joining another blaze, while firefighters claimed progress against the US's biggest fire.

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BushfiresSupport for crews fighting US wildfire

California and Utah crews are heading to Montana to help fight a blaze that's left five firefighters injured, while progress is made on the US's largest fire.

Nathan Howard

BushfiresCrews make progress on Oregon wildfire

The massive Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon continues to burn, pushed by strong winds and critically dry weather.

Nathan Howard

BushfiresBetter weather helping US firefighters

Higher humidity and better conditions have allowed crews to improve fire lines in battling the growing Bootleg Fire in Oregon.

Nathan Howard

BushfiresWildfire smoke clouding across entire US

Strong winds are blowing smoke east from California, Oregon, Montana and other states all the way to other side of the United States.

Gillian Flaccus and Sara Cline

BushfiresVictorian house fire deaths increase

Many of the 22 people who died in house fires in 2020 could have been saved if they'd had a working smoke alarm.

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BushfiresUS fires cause cross-country air pollution

In 13 western US states, more than 80 large active wildfires have charred almost 526,000 hectares of drought-parched vegetation in recent weeks.

Peter Szekely and Steve Gorman

BushfiresOregon calls on other states as fire grows

Firefighters in Oregon are asking for back-up crews from other US states as they battle a massive blaze that is growing by kilometres each day.

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BushfiresLargest blaze grows as US wildfires rage

A destructive wildfire continues to grow in Oregon as firefighters brace for weather conditions to worsen in the western US.

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BushfiresBushfire smoke blankets Siberian towns

More than 50 towns and settlements in Russia's Siberia have been covered in heavy smoke from more than 180 wildfires, including the capital Yakutsk.

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BushfiresUS wildfires prompt mass evacuations

Meteorologists in California and southern Oregon predict critically dangerous fire weather through to next week, as large wildfires continue to burn.

Daisy Nguyen and Gillian Flaccus

BushfiresToddler critical after Qld house fire

A toddler has suffered airway burns and is in a critical condition after a house fire involving seven children at Hervey Bay in Queensland.

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Scorched earthVideoOut-of-control Bootleg blaze razes 100K acres in US

The Bootleg Fire, the biggest among dozens of wildfires flaring across the tinder-dry landscape of the Western US, has scorched more than 98,000 acres - an area exceeding the land mass of New York City.

Deborah Bloom and Steve Gorman

BushfiresMan charged over major WA bushfire

Police have arrested a man who they allege inadvertently started the Wooroloo bushfire, northeast of Perth, which destroyed 86 homes earlier this year.

Michael Ramsey

BreakthroughVideoMan charged over devastating Wooroloo blaze

WA Police have charged a 40-year-old Wooroloo man with a breach of duty — alleging his angle grinder sparked the bushfire earlier this year which destroyed 86 homes and tore through 10,750 hectares.

Tim Clarke and Michael Traill