Fire
The fiery training centre where CFA volunteers are put through the wringer
Ever wondered if you have what it takes to be a firefighter? An Age reporter geared up and faced the flames to find out.
- Benjamin Preiss
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- Bushfires
Bushfire warning for Woodvale downgraded, but residents told to stay updated
DFES have downgraded a bushfire warning for Perth’s northern suburbs – but residents have been told to stay updated in case conditions change.
Garbage trucks are catching fire. Your battery could be to blame
Victoria’s fire service has been responding to almost one fire each day caused by lithium-ion batteries. Firefighters fear the trend will worsen.
- Lachlan Abbott
Investigations launched into two motel fires across south-east
A man suffered life-threatening burns in a Brisbane blaze overnight, while a crime scene was declared after a Toowoomba fire.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
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- Aviation
British government wants rigorous probe into Heathrow’s 18-hour power shutdown
Flights resumed a day after a fire knocked out power and shut Europe’s busiest airport, causing global travel chaos.
- Rob Harris
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- London
Flight chaos as ‘catastrophic’ fire cuts power to London’s Heathrow Airport
The fire at a nearby substation forced the world’s fifth-busiest airport to close for the day, disrupting hundreds of thousands of passengers as airlines cancelled or diverted flights.
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
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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- Development
‘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
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