Queensland firefighters are racing against the clock to prepare for a heightened bushfire season. A year of record-breaking rain across large parts of the state has increased fuel loads and recent wet ...

An emergency warning has been issued for a blaze in the Ravensbourne area, which is part of the Pechey fire responsible for blackening 3400 hectares in the past five days. Local mayor Paul Antonio ...

Authorities have issued an urgent alert for people in the vicinity of a bushfire in southeast Queensland. The Queensland Fire Department (QFD) warned those near Dunwich Airport on North Stradbroke ...

Hundreds of Queenslanders are being told to leave their homes to escape an out-of-control bushfire as conditions are expected to worsen today. “The fire is really causing us some concerns,” a ...

QUT researchers have built and tested a bushfire safe room that exceeds current Australian standards and could keep people alive or protect valuables when evacuation is no longer an option. Led by Dr ...

SYDNEY, Dec 22 (Reuters) - An uncontained bushfire raging in Australia's Victoria state that has prompted an evacuation order for hundreds of residents will burn for several days, officials said on ...