SEVERAL roads have been closed near a business park south of Perth as firefighters tackle a blaze that started in adjacent bushland.
LIVES were at risk due to drones flying dangerously close to water bombers during two separate bushfires south of Perth over the weekend, authorities say.
UPDATE: Two separate bushfires burning in Baldivis and Australind this afternoon have been brought under control.
An elderly Rockhampton man has sustained burns to more than half of his body after he fell onto a rubbish fire he started with his wife.
Aerial support helps firefighters battle a scrub fire in Port Kennedy. Credit: Ben Watson
TWO fires south of Perth have burnt six hectares as firefighters continue working to contain the suspicious blazes.
Four people have escaped unharmed after waking to find the luxury boat they were aboard going up in flames.
ARSON Squad detectives have charged a suspected firebug in relation to two deliberately lit blazes in Beckenham.
THE man suffered cuts after running through a glass window in a panic as a fire quickly approached.
40 firefighters are at the scene of the blaze.
RESIDENTS in the eastern part of Elleker in the City Of Albany have been warned their lives are in danger and they need to act immediately.
SHANE and Craig Hadley fought to save the family’s four homes, until firefighter arrived and told them they had to leave.
ONE home, sheds and cars were destroyed in the raging bushfire which sealed off the town on Monday.
UPDATE: A BUSHFIRE burning in the seaside town of Augusta has been downgraded to a Watch and Act but there is still a possible threat to lives and homes.
Firefighters are quicker at getting to building fires in Victoria's major cities compared to Queensland, the Productivity Commission has found.
Authorities are investigating the cause of an intense fire in inner Brisbane which led to the destruction of a building.
Residents have been told to keep windows and doors closed due to smoke coming from a Brisbane car yard which has been destroyed in an intense blaze.
Bush hiker had nowhere to run when the bushfire in Sawyers Valley raced towards him yesterday.
LENSES were turned towards the sky on Sunday as smoke from a bushfire burning in Sawyers Valley blanketed Perth, producing striking sunset images.
RAIN forecast for this afternoon is expected to help firefighters who battled a blaze in the Perth Hills overnight.
