Bushfire
Teenage boys charged in connection with Aveley fire
Three teenagers have been charged over a bushfire that burnt through 25 hectares of land in Aveley at the weekend.
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Environment
Oh sister! Huge hazard-reduction burns smoke out the state
Large bushfires will again shroud Sydney in smoke on Wednesday but visitors to the Blue Mountains may spy views not seen in decades.
- by Peter Hannam
Fire
Property under threat as out-of-control blaze burns north of Perth
Fire crews are battling an out-of-control blaze that could threaten lives and properties near a town north of Perth.
Fire
Bushfire which threatened homes in Balingup under control
A bushfire which had threatened lives and homes near Balingup on Sunday afternoon has been brought under control by firefighters.
Bushfire
Sydney city blackout 'a close run thing', energy transmission boss says
Only luck and quick thinking avoided a blackout of Sydney following fires that ripped through the city’s south earlier this month.
- by Cole Latimer
Environment
Fighting fire with fire: cultural burning at Bundanon brings life back to the land
The cultural burns at Bundanon on the NSW South Coast are part of the Firesticks project that is seeking to revive Indigenous land management techniques.
- by Andrew Taylor
Barden Ridge
Men in Snapchat video did not light Sydney bushfire, police say
Four men handed themselves into police on Tuesday after a video showing them laughing and joking near a fire was made public.
- by Jenny Noyes
Opinion
Opinion
Menai bushfire reveals problem we must confront
I spent Sunday fighting a big fire right up against the edge of our biggest city. But the real point of the story is that it happened in mid April. We don't plan for major fires halfway through autumn.
- by Jim Casey
Crime
'Gross act of stupidity': Police seek men after Snapchat bushfire video
Police investigating a deliberately-lit bushfire in Sydney's south want to speak with a group of men seen in a video posted to social media.
- by Jenny Noyes
Bushfire
Police probe 'suspicious' Ellenbrook bushfire
Arson squad detectives have been called in to investigate a fire in Ellenbrook on Monday which burnt four hectares of bush.
- by Phil Hickey
Fire
'Get ready, it's coming': Extraordinary escape as ash rains down on Sydney homes
Residents in Menai needed no clock radio on Monday morning, what with the hum of chopper blades thundering overhead.
- by Lucy Cormack