Fire
Video captures spark that triggered horror nightclub fire
Musicians performing on stage were among the 59 people killed when a pyrotechnic display went wrong in a packed nightclub in North Macedonia.
- Konstantin Testorides and Boris Grdanoski
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Hilton in flames at Surfers Paradise as ‘fiery explosion’ forces evacuation
More than 100 guests were standing by the roadside in the dark for at least an hour after the fire broke out.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
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‘Not a big issue – until it is’: Almost 90 per cent of apartment buildings fail fire safety standards
Of the 964 fire safety inspections Victorian councils did at multi-storey apartments in 12 months, only 127 buildings continued to comply.
- Rachel Eddie
Mother died trying to save her daughter from horror Sydney house fire
Neighbours say a woman managed to escape the fire before going back to save her child, with the pair becoming trapped in the burning house.
- Kayla Olaya, Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter
Melbourne’s tobacco war claims the life of ‘completely innocent’ house sitter
A woman who died trapped in a burning home became the first civilian fatality in the gangland war over control of Melbourne’s illicit tobacco trade.
- Cassandra Morgan and Marta Pascual Juanola
‘Jet-like flame’: E-bike batteries fuel Sydney boarding house fire
Investigators are looking into whether lithium e-bike batteries were the cause of a fire that led to 20 people evacuating a boarding house in Sydney’s inner west.
- Penry Buckley
‘Outgoing, loving’ father of five killed in Maryborough house fire
Damon Howes was the type of person who loved a joke, spending time with his children, and never hesitated to help others.
- Alexander Darling
Man dead, toddler fighting for life after house fire in central Victoria
A man has died and a two-year-old child has been admitted to the Royal Children’s Hospital after a blaze in Maryborough, about 60 kilometres north of Ballarat.
- Cassandra Morgan
Probe continues after crime scene declared at site of blaze
Investigations are continuing after a business in Kedron went up in flames on Thursday afternoon.
- William Davis
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- Melbourne
Factory fire sends smoke across Melbourne, intensifies dispute about ageing firefighting fleet
The firefighters union said pumper-tanker failures seriously hampered firefighting efforts “and the result could have been catastrophic”.
- Lachlan Abbott
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