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Steve Foskett and his dog Cali, who “didn’t do any helping” while they defended his home.

As houses burned around it, the one that Steve built stood firm

Steve Foskett finished building this home a month ago. He tells us why this and others were saved from Saturday’s ferocious blaze.

  • Sally Rawsthorne and Sitthixay Ditthavong

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Fire burning at Koolewong.

‘Just heartbreak’: At least a dozen homes lost in bushfires near Sydney

Two emergency warnings were issued for bushfires in NSW on Saturday, as firefighters continue to fight blazes across the state overnight following hot conditions.

  • Perry Duffin and Eryk Bagshaw
A hot mass of air moving across the country will hit Sydney on Wednesday, as shown by this image from Windy.

Record heat, thunderstorms and extreme fire danger coming for Sydney

This month could become the hottest October on record – and may also beat the record for November – with a scorcher forecast for the city on Wednesday.

  • Angus Dalton and Daniel Lo Surdo
Images of a reported tornado captured from a NSW Rural Fire Service tower looking to the north-west of Young.

Lightning strike shuts down metro, tornado spins in southern NSW

Meanwhile, the rest of the state is facing flash-flooding and severe weather warnings as a low-pressure system rolls in from the west.

  • Josefine Ganko and Kayla Olaya
Bushland in Belrose and Oxford Falls would be rezoned for housing and other development under the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council plan.

To ignore RFS advice on housing isn’t just disrespectful. It’s stupid

Attempts to improve the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act are welcome in the current housing crisis. But disregarding advice from our emergency services is folly.

  • The Herald's View
NEWS: A large 3800 ha hazard reduction burn commences in Linden in the Blue Mountains. The Rural Fire Service, in partnership with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Fire and Rescue NSW, will be conducting critical hazard reduction burns across the state in the coming days. April 9th, 2025, Photo: Wolter Peeters, The Sydney Morning Herald.

Sydney shrouded in smoke, health warnings as air quality plunges

More than 6000 hectares are being burned as authorities catch up on delayed hazard reductions.

  • Riley Walter
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The Turnbull government promised in 2018 to gift two Black Hawk helicopters to the RFS.

The two Black Hawk helicopters restricted from helping in a disaster

The NSW Rural Fire Service is spending millions retrofitting two choppers, but it won’t be able to use them for floods, bushfires and other disasters.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders

Jetting to the wineries: NSW Nationals leader took RFS plane to Hunter Valley

NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders was the only passenger on a 34-minute taxpayer-funded flight from Dubbo to the Hunter region for a two-day trip which included a wine tour and tasting.

  • Michael McGowan, Alexandra Smith and Max Maddison
Climate changed has increased the risk of Melbourne experiencing LA-type fires.

The home front: Could the Los Angeles fires happen in Australia?

Experts say it is only a matter of time until major Australian cities experience “house-to-house ignition” on a similar scale to Los Angeles.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Bianca Hall
A fig tree in Hyde Park, Sydney CBD fell this evening, injuring two along Elizabeth St

Damaging winds uproot trees, down power lines across Sydney

Two women were taken to St Vincent’s Hospital after a large fig tree fell on them in Hyde Park.

  • Penry Buckley

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