QFES
Ashgrove house collapses with elderly woman inside
The woman had a lucky escape on Thursday morning when her house collapsed around her, as it fell off its stumps.
- by Cameron Atfield and William Davis
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Surfers Paradise
Underground blasts in Surfers Paradise caused by electrical fault
Tourists and workers scattered after the first of several explosions rocked the Glitter Strip on Sunday afternoon.
- by Marissa Calligeros
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Fire
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
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Fire
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
‘Lack of trust’: Fire service set for reform amid bullying fears
Consultants called in to examine the culture inside the Queensland Fire Department found a “culture of silence” and “fear of retribution” for speaking out.
- by William Davis
Firefighters rang bell at ‘attractive’ women in Brisbane training centre
A toxic “macho” culture and sexual harassment within the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service have been a problem for decades, a union says.
- by Savannah Meacham
Fire rips through multiple Brisbane homes
Several people were treated at the scene for burns, as firefighters battled to protect other properties from the blaze.
- by Cloe Read
Fire fight over ‘hostile takeover’ of local brigades
A country revolt is brewing over a state government “hostile takeover” of rural fire brigades, under legislation before the Queensland parliament this week.
- by Cameron Atfield
Quick-thinking Qld paramedics rescue man from mud with just seconds to spare
With a MacGyver sense of problem-solving, the pair managed to extricate the boater as the tide threatened to engulf him.
- by Savannah Meacham
Its brutalist design may burn the eyes, but this Brisbane landmark will soon be fire HQ
The former TAB tower at Albion will be taken over by the fire department as part of a consolidation of government offices.
- by Sean Parnell
Venomous snake bites woman while lying in her own bed
A Queensland woman has abruptly woken up after one of the world’s most deadly snakes slithered into her bed and bit her on the hand.
- by Laine Clark and Fraser Barton
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