Western Power said the outages - impacting 26,000 people - were caused by ‘power pole damage due to light, drizzly weather ...

Authorities are fighting two fires near Ballarat that have forced the evacuation of a primary school and closed multiple ...

Australia just recorded its second hottest summer, with southern Australia continuing to experience drought heightening fire ...

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Since dry lightning ignited more than a dozen fires in Tasmania's west on February 3, an estimated 94,000 hectares of diverse wilderness has been burned.The orange areas on this map show where the ...

A string of hot and stormy days has left numerous fires burning across Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, with satellites capturing vast smoke plumes filling the sky across southeastern ...

Chilly summer temperatures in Tasmania have done little to help the fire situation due to strong winds and minimal rainfall.

(In Australia, oil-rich native eucalyptus are fantastic for wildlife including Koalas but disastrous for fires.) Adequate setbacks must be enforced both between buildings and vegetation as well as ...