RFS braced for a bad bushfire season on NSW Mid North Coast
RFS is moving firefighting helicopters to Mid North Coast ahead of the bushfire season.
View ArticleHot weather sparks up a bushfire in the Nightcap National Park
A bushfire that has been burning for more than three weeks in the Nightcap National Park near Lismore continues to spread.
View ArticleGas may have caused Ballina explosion
There's evidence that an explosion at Ballina may have been caused by a gas bottle
View Article'Cigarette may be cause' of fatal retirement village fire in Yamba
A smouldering cigarette could have started a fire that killed a woman in a retirement village on the New South Wales north coast, police say.
View ArticleDamage bill to run into millions after fire at Grafton timber yard
The damage bill from a fire at a timber-processing plant is likely to run into millions of dollars.
View ArticleMullumbimby bushfire: Fire that was burning near homes on NSW far north coast...
A fire that was burning close to homes on the New South Wales far north coast near Mullumbimby has been brought under control.
View ArticleMullumbimby fire: RFS urges community get bushfire ready after close-call
The Rural Fire Service is urging people to make sure their Bushfire Survival Plans are in place, following a fire at Main Arm on the first day of summer. Local resident Emma Moses says it was scary for...
View ArticleFire sparks evacuation of Coffs Harbour gym
Investigation underway into Coffs Harbour gym fire.
View ArticleEarly end to Bushfire Danger Period for parts of the North Coast
Heavy rainfall and mild conditions has brought an early end to the annual Bushfire Danger Period across most of the North Coast.
View ArticleBig River fire near Grafton likely caused by maintenance work
It is thought the Big River fire near Grafton was started by maintenance work.
View ArticleBig River Timbers seeks financial support from Clarence Valley Council
The CVC has been asked to financially help the fire damaged Big River Timbers.
View ArticleFire tears through timber mill near Grafton
Dozens of staff evacuated from a timber yard near Grafton, on the state's north coast, as a large fire burns on the property.
View ArticleGrafton's Big Rivers Timber offered financial help to rebuild after November...
Grafton's Big Rivers Timber is to be offered rate relief to help rebuild after last November's fire.
View ArticleHouse fire on Wyrallah Road in East Lismore
A house in East Lismore has been severely damaged by fire.
View ArticleHistoric Maclean arcade gutted by fire
A century-old weatherboard arcade in the Clarence Valley village of Maclean has been gutted by fire.
View ArticleInvestigations into Byron Bay house fire continue
Investigators say there is not yet any indication as to what caused a fire that destroyed a large timber home on Byron Bay's Kingsley Street.
View ArticleRFS urges Mid North Coast landholders to delay hazard burning
The RFS is urging Mid North Coast landholders to hold off on hazard reduction burning for at least the next few days.
View ArticleHot weather increases bushfire activity along the NSW North Coast: RFS
More than a dozen bushfires are burning between the Clarence and Gloucester Valleys
View ArticleTweed Valley bushfires may have been arson, NSW police say
Sightings of a man in his 60s in the area where a series of bushfires took hold south of Tweed Heads on Saturday suggest they may have been deliberately lit, NSW police say.
View ArticleFears for survival of endangered Tweed koala population after bushfire
There are fears for the survival of one of the last remaining koala colonies on the Tweed Coast after a bushfire ripped through part of the Cudgen Nature Reserve near Cabarita.
View ArticleBushfires continue to blaze across New South Wales
One hundred and one fires are burning around New South Wales this weekend, 37 of them still uncontained. The worst, at Carwoola near Canberra, is still a problem for firefighters, with 190 firefighters...
View ArticleFrom America's hurricanes to Portugal's fires, ABC Weather looks back at...
Cyclone Debbie, record temperatures, African droughts, fires and deadly typhoons. 2017 has been a year of wild weather.
View ArticleMacadamia oil factory goes up in flames, $2 million damage caused by fire
Investigations are continuing into the cause of a fire in a macadamia oil processing plant at Alstonville in northern New South Wales.
View ArticleFire-bug fears poses the question, why do people light fires?
It has been an early and dramatic start to the bushfire season in New South Wales, with authorities convinced many of the blazes have been deliberately lit but who lights fires and why?
View ArticleBushfire closes in on NSW town of Tingha, second emergency at Tabulam
Authorities say a bushfire is posing an "immediate threat to lives and homes" at Tingha where all roads in an out of the town are closed, while a second emergency warning has also been issued for a...
View ArticleHomes confirmed lost in Tingha fire, woman charged over starting blaze at...
Three fires are at emergency level in northern NSW, with homes wiped out in the town of Tingha, properties under threat near the Queensland border and a fast-moving blaze near Tabulam.
View ArticleTingha homes destroyed but firefighters reducing threat to properties
Bushfires across northern NSW are all downgraded after blazes destroyed homes in the towns of Tingha, Tabulam and Wallangarra.
View ArticleTingha and Tabulam fire downgraded, residents in shock after bushfires...
A bushfire burning in the northern NSW town of Tabulam is downgraded to watch and act as conditions ease on the fireground.
View ArticleFlammable foam panels send insurance costs skyrocketing for food processors
Food processing plants with expanded polystyrene panels are having to shop around for insurance due to skyrocketing premiums.
View Article'It was like a Christmas tree, all lit up': Bushfires in northern NSW have...
A woman whose house burnt down in bushfires affecting the NSW North Coast said that she and her husband now plan on leaving the bush due to the hazard.
View ArticleWhat toll do bushfires have on native wildlife in an increasingly urbanised...
Experts say bushfires coupled with decreasing habitat in an urbanised landscape is taking its toll on wildlife and improved land management is crucial.
View ArticleCalls for air quality monitoring as northern NSW braces for severe bushfire...
A research team is deployed in response to persistent smoke from a bushfire that has been burning for nearly two months in underground peat on the NSW Mid North Coast.
View ArticleNSW bushfires burning out of control, two houses lost and firefighter injured...
At least two houses and two businesses are destroyed in Tenterfield in northern NSW and a firefighter is suffering facial burns as crews brace for a long night ahead with four fires burning at...
View ArticleNSW bushfires still out of control as residents face the devastation
Two dangerous fires near Tenterfield and Armidale are downgraded as firefighters keep properties out of danger, but the dwindling water supply and expected strong winds will make today challenging.
View ArticleAs bushfires worsen and towns dry up, fighting fires is becoming almost...
With dams and creeks bone dry in drought-stricken towns, firefighters are being forced to find ways to combat blazes that are almost impossible to extinguish.
View ArticleBushfire at Drake downgraded as conditions ease following southerly change
A bushfire threatening homes at Drake, near Tenterfield, is downgraded as the threat to houses eases.
View ArticleTenterfield pleads for tourists to keep drought and bushfire-affected town's...
Business owners in Tenterfield say tourists will be the key to the rural town's recovery, as bushfires and drought take their toll on the local economy.
View ArticleHomes destroyed in Rappville as bushfire emergency grips northern NSW
Up to 20 homes and structures are destroyed in the village of Rappville, as watch and act warnings are issued for several bushfires burning within 100km of each other in northern NSW.
View ArticleSydney news: Crews move in to assess bushfire damage, man charged 16 years...
MORNING BRIEFING: The Rural Fire Service says it will begin assessing the full extent of the bushfire damage in northern New South Wales today, and a man is charged after a robbery in 2003.
View ArticleNSW fires devastate town of Rappville, where residents feared for their lives
Rappville residents share stories of survival after a bushfire swept through their small community in northern NSW, with one 82-year-old pensioner hiding in his shed in a bid to escape the inferno.
View ArticleNSW bushfires that destroyed dozens of homes may have been deliberately lit,...
Police are investigating the "suspicious" origins of a devastating bushfire, which is believed to have started late Friday and yesterday destroyed 21 homes in northern NSW.
View ArticleRappville residents take stock after bushfire rips through the northern New...
After watching their home burn on the news, Tina Hag, Robert Collier and their four children return to Rappville, wondering about the future of their northern New South Wales town, which lost 15 homes...
View ArticleSydney news: Interstate firefighters to aid bushfire efforts, two people...
MORNING BRIEFING: Dozens of firefighters from South Australia head to New South Wales as back-up for weary RFS workers, and two people are fined after a banner is hung from the Harbour Bridge.
View ArticleTwo people confirmed dead in NSW bushfires after police find bodies on remote...
The remains of a 77-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman are found on a property destroyed in the bushfires which ripped through northern NSW earlier this week.
View ArticleRappville 'shattered' and left with very little after bushfires, but...
The community of Rappville in northern NSW is banding together to make sure everyone gets back on their feet, but Allan Robertson is dreading having to tell his partner that their home is now just ashes.
View ArticleSydney news: Fish kill near Menindee confirmed, farmers fear fire looting
MORNING BRIEFING: A number of fish have died at a lake near Menindee as the Federal Government announces emergency funds to protect fish, while volunteers work to deliver supplies to farmers who are...
View ArticleBore water find brings 'palpable' relief for drought, fire-ravaged Tenterfield
Almost bone-dry from drought and having endured four major bushfires this year, Tenterfield was due for a break. That came in spades when the town found a new water supply.
View ArticleKoalas in their hundreds feared dead in bushfires south of Port Macquarie
The Port Macquarie koala hospital fears more than 350 koalas may have died in a bushfire south of the town, with staff frustrated they cannot yet access the site.
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