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Two girls dead, baby in hospital after Geelong East house fire
Two young girls aged one and two, have died after a house fire in East Geelong, believed to have been caused by an electric bar heater.
- by Anthony Colangelo
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Canberra
Firefighters extinguish blaze as part of Fyshwick street closed
The fire was contained to an oven, with no injuries or structural damage reported.
- by Blake Foden
Firefighters battle blaze at Flinders Street hotel
Firefighters are at the scene of a building fire in Flinders Street in Melbourne's CBD.
- by Melissa Cunningham
USA
Australian firefighters were not being shot at: US sheriffs
The Yakima County Sheriff office said the incident, which occurred when Australian firefighters were working to control a fire, was "a misunderstanding".
- by Kylar Loussikian
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USA
Australian firefighters shot at by men with scoped rifles in hours-long ordeal in US
A debrief note prepared by the US Forest Service reveals startling new details about the incident in remote Washington state.
- by Kylar Loussikian
Electric blanket sparks fire inside Weston Creek apartment
Residents have evacuated an apartment complex in Holder after a fire erupted inside one of the units.
Sore throats, stinging eyes, coughing: Residents feel ill weeks after West Footscray fire
Migraines were something Yarraville mum Juanita McLaren and her son Tibor, 12, had never experienced until two weeks ago.
- by Rachael Dexter & Goya Dmytryshchak
Home, cars, boat engulfed in flames in Arana Hills
A house has been engulfed in flames north-west of Brisbane on Monday morning, with a woman taken to hospital.
- by Lucy Stone
'I had him': Hero neighbour's despair after fatal blaze
A father-of-two was one of several Good Samaritans who tried to make a difference to the outcome.
- by Angela Thompson
Migraines, blood noses: Children ill after West Footscray blaze
Children living near a creek contaminated by toxic chemicals from a factory fire have since suffered migraines, nose bleeds and sore throats.
- by Benjamin Millar
Police
Woman dragged to safety from Hamilton Hill house fire
A woman was dragged to safety by a neighbour after a fire broke out at a house in Perth's southern suburbs on Tuesday evening.
- by staff writers