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| UpdatedTwo giant American air tankers, known as Southern Belle and Thor, have proven themselves yet again this bushfire season, the NSW RFS says.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-planning, queanbeyan-2620, canberra-2600, act, nsw, captains-flat-2623
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| UpdatedThe NSW Rural Fire Service releases the final damage toll for a grassfire east of Queanbeyan, saying 11 homes were destroyed and 12 damaged.
Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, captains-flat-2623, act, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedWhen evacuated residents returned to the Carwoola fire ground, what they found there was a landscape transformed.
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| UpdatedOne week after devastating fires ripped through central western NSW, farmers are being given a helping hand with fodder being delivered from across Australia.
Topics: bushfire, community-and-society, rural, livestock, dunedoo-2844, cassilis-2329, nsw
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At least 15 properties have been destroyed by the Carwoola fire to the east of Queanbeyan in NSW.
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Firefighters hope a change in weather conditions will help them stay on top of a major bushfire that destroyed at least 15 homes to the east of Queanbeyan in New South Wales.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, fires, queanbeyan-2620, captains-flat-2623
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| UpdatedResidents are beginning to return to their homes in the wake of a major bushfire east of Queanbeyan in New South Wales, anxious to find out whether buildings are still standing.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, captains-flat-2623, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, australia, act, canberra-2600
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Siobhan Heanue reports from the NSW Rural Fire Service headquarters near Queanbeyan, February 17, 2017.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, fires, queanbeyan-2620, nsw
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Firefighters in New Zealand's second-largest city Christchurch have halted the advance of a massive bushfire that destroyed 11 homes and forced more than 1,000 people to evacuate.
Topics: fires, bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, new-zealand
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| UpdatedAt least 15 homes have been lost in an out-of-control grassfire burning in southern NSW, as police warn that number may grow.
Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedAt least 11 houses have been destroyed by a fire in the Christchurch region which has spread to cover more than 1,800 hectares.
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John Mackie from Christchurch Civil Defence talks to ABC News24 as a bushfire near the New Zealand city rages into its fourth day, February 16, 2017.
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Port Hills resident "Grant" was forced by police to leave his home of 23 years as fires rapidly approached his property.
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| UpdatedEleven homes burn down and a state of emergency is declared as a raging New Zealand bushfire heads into its fourth day.
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A resident from Christchurch in New Zealand describes the wild bushfires threatening the city.
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| UpdatedEnergy company says power is being restored to fire-affected communities in western NSW but a union says it is taking longer because of recent job cuts.
Topics: bushfire, electricity-energy-and-utilities, cassilis-2329, dunedoo-2844, mudgee-2850, parkes-2870
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| UpdatedHundreds of people in New Zealand's second-largest city flee their homes as bushfires rage in a nearby mountain range.
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A water bombing plane over smoke from Lindisfarne fire
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| UpdatedFirefighters in Hobart have gained the upper hand on a vegetation blaze which burned towards the suburb of Lindisfarne.
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Water bombing helicopter over smoke from Lindisfarne fire
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| UpdatedHobart firefighters bring a blaze near Lindisfarne under control after it burnt 25 hectares of scrub and bush and came close to homes.
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| UpdatedSchool children in a small town in western New South Wales hit the pots and pans to help provide energy for firefighters.
Topics: agribusiness, bushfire, food-and-cooking, education, human-interest, coolah-2843, dubbo-2830, orange-2800
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| UpdatedVictoria's career CFA firefighters will receive a $3,000 bonus and a boost to their allowances as a stopgap measure while a bitter pay dispute drags into a fourth year.
Topics: bushfire, states-and-territories, federal-government, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, vic