Fire
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Extreme weather
Bushfires still bearing down on western towns as cool change nears
Towns in Victoria’s south-west face a nervous wait overnight as some bushfires continue to burn out of control, even as a coming cool change is expected to bring wild winds and heavy rainfall.
- by Sherryn Groch, Gemma Grant and Bianca Hall
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Woman dies in Forest Hill house fire
An elderly Forest Hill woman has died in a house fire on Wednesday night, believed to have been started from clothing being dried in front of a heater that ignited.
- by Shelby Garlick
Owner of burnt West End restaurant ‘doesn’t know’ why it was targeted
Sami Alsabag discovered the damage this morning, after CCTV footage captured two suspects fleeing overnight.
- by William Davis
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QFES
Second possible e-scooter battery fire on same inner-city street
Fire investigators are working to determine if an e-scooter battery started a blaze that ripped through a New Farm unit.
- by Cloe Read
Submarine shipyard fire in England may affect Australia’s deal
Police said two people were taken to hospital and advised residents nearby to remain indoors while urging there was “no nuclear risk” to the community.
- by Rob Harris
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Pollution
New ‘forever chemical’ tests zero in on contamination source
Independent tests have linked PFAS contamination in the Blue Mountains to the site of a 1992 petrol tanker crash.
- by Ben Cubby and Carrie Fellner
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Crime
Girl, 13, arrested after fire with 60-metre flames rips through school
A Geelong school has been forced to close after a fire with 60-metre flames ripped through overnight, one day after students returned from school holidays.
- by Alex Crowe
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South-east Queensland
Fire crew expects to find babysitter’s body in home where girl died
An eight-year-old who loved shopping and socialising and whose family nicknamed her “Turtle” has died in an inferno east of Brisbane.
- by William Davis and Cameron Atfield
The Lussh venue had no fire insurance, blaze was the third in months: owner
The owner of the Woolloongabba wedding venue has revealed she had no fire insurance before a massive inferno destroyed the heritage-listed building.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Wedding industry rallies around The Lussh after inferno collapses roof
The heritage-listed hall was so badly damaged investigators may never determine the cause of the fire. And, for now, there are nuptials to reorganise.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
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