Fire
Man fighting for life after being set alight in Perth’s south
In a separate fire-related incident, a person has been found dead after a blaze tore through a property in Balcatta in the city’s north.
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For less than the minimum wage, inmates fight California’s fires
Firefighting prisoners are members of a controversial Californian conservation fire camp program.
- by Amelia Nierenberg
Scarred but still standing, Grampians community counts cost of two fires in a year
After three weeks, the huge fire in the Grampians is contained. Now the hard work of recovery lies ahead, in a region where fire is becoming more prevalent.
- by Adam Carey
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Horse racing
Man charged after Caulfield Racecourse blaze, grassfires
A 51-year-old man has been charged with arson after flames engulfed part of a grandstand, as police investigate whether other fires are linked to the case.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Cassandra Morgan
Man and two dogs found dead after suspicious house fire
Police have established a crime scene after a 20-year-old was found dead, in the second fatal house fire in as many days.
- by William Davis
Man dies in house fire in Sydney’s west
Firefighters arrived at the house in Blacktown to find it well alight and a man inside suffering burns.
- by Patrick Begley
Police probe Wooroloo bushfire that destroyed a home on New Year’s Day
Investigators are appealing to the public to help them determine the cause of the fire that started on Wednesday and destroyed a home, plus 800 hectares of bush.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Child dies in caravan fire in regional Victoria
Police say emergency services were called to reports a caravan had caught fire on a street in Boort on Thursday afternoon.
- by Lachlan Abbott
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Public housing
House fires disproportionately kill public tenants
Six of 44 people who died in preventable house fires over five years were public housing tenants, despite the homes being a tiny fraction of Victoria’s housing stock.
- by Rachel Eddie
Second tobacco shop in as many weeks attacked by arsonists
The early-morning attack comes just days after another tobacco shop was destroyed in Fortitude Valley.
- by William Davis
Three foreigners die in Bangkok hotel fire, authorities say
The fire broke out on the fifth floor of the six-storey Ember Hotel near Bangkok’s popular backpacker district.
- by Reuters
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