Bushfires

Wet winter weather prevents much of the NSW Rural Fire Service's planned hazard reduction burning, but the agency says it is prioritising protecting houses.

As summer approaches, volunteer fire fighter Suzie Gifford shares her bushfire plan, how she prepares her home against an ember attack, and what's in her emergency kit.

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has approved the development of a South Coast NSW forest after four years of community fighting. 

An emergency level fire in WA's Gascoyne region burnt through 80 hectares of fruit crops and shrubland on Monday. Farmers assessing the damage have estimated the blaze cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Authorities are urging anyone in the North Plantations area of Carnarvon to monitor conditions.

Network Ten reporter Tegan George's bid to sue her employer over trauma she says she suffered covering the bushfire season in 2019 and 2020 ends in a confidential settlement.

As chaotic weather wreaks havoc across Tasmania and Victoria, there are warnings over a heightened threat of bushfires in the coming months in other parts of the country.

The NSW Rural Fire Service has worked against the clock to contain an out-of-control grass fire as strong wind gusts have fanned blazes across the greater Sydney area.

Authorities have downgraded a fire emergency in Sydney's south-west that had earlier threatened homes and has left several people injured.

An Adelaide Hills father installed a six-person bushfire bunker at his property after the 2019 Cudlee Creek bushfire, without first seeking planning approvals — now, the council have issued a removal notice — a decision which he is appealing.

More than 130 fires have erupted across the country in the past week, including at an ANZAC cemetery.

Some of the best mountain bike trails in Australia, spanning 130 kilometres, are about to open in a forest scorched by bushfires. Locals hope it will transform their town into a tourism mecca.

Anthony Albanese warns of the possibility that fires raging in Türkiye might reach ANZAC graves in Gallipoli.

When the water-bomber crashed during firefighting efforts in the Fitzgerald River National Park, enthusiasts from surrounding areas scrambled for a piece of the wreckage.

Despite being charred and blackened, the 151-year-old banyan tree has revived with the help of arborists and conservationists.

As a picturesque Canadian national park burns out of control, some of Australia's most skilled bush firefighters have answered the call for help.

A wet year in Queensland has produced higher grassland fuel loads, which the Rural Fire Service says create prime conditions for dangerous bushfires.

How do you make sense of natural disasters and trauma? This remote community uses art and creative expression as a form of therapy to support their healing and recovery.

Over 110 active fires are burning across 7,250 square kilometres in the US, while significant damage has also been reported in Canada's Jasper National Park.

Wildfire has begun burning buildings in the town of Jasper, threatening a major oil pipeline.