House Fires

As households with gas heaters fire them up for winter, tradies and firefighters fear many do not understand the safety risks they pose if not properly maintained.

Firefighters say they tried to reach the man but were forced to withdraw after the blaze took hold.

Police say a complex investigation has led to charges of murder, burglary and arson against an 18-year-old man.

Police are investigating the death of a person in a caravan fire in Melbourne's west. Fire crews extinguished a blaze at a caravan park in Laverton North and found the person's body.

After more than 450 call-outs in winter last year, Queensland is already seeing a spike in house fires — three of them fatal. 

Kuwaiti's deputy prime minister pre-emptively blames the "greed of real estate owners" for the fire, which killed dozens of foreign workers in an accommodation block.  

Firefighters are reminding people to consider the consequences of not having working smoke alarms after the death of an elderly man in a Broken Hill home.

A man has been killed and a woman has been seriously injured in a house fire in Adelaide's south.

Authorities say a property in Holt was already well alight when they arrived at the scene about 2:30am. A man's body was later found within the home and he has yet to be identified.

Police investigate a suspicious car fire outside a St Helens Park house that was reportedly peppered with gunshots almost two weeks ago.

When farmer Sam Tickner moved a glass vase to a table in his backyard he had no idea he was setting in motion a series of events that would risk his house burning to the ground.

The fires occurred within hours of each other overnight and one was in the same street as a shooting last week.

The body of a 30-year-old woman is found in the bedroom of a fire-damaged home in the southern Perth suburb of Warnbro, with police treating her death as suspicious.

Summer Van Andel and her younger brother were sitting on their couch when a toy car powered by a lithium-ion battery exploded while on charge in December last year.  It's just one of more than 1,000 fires caused by the batteries in Australia in 2023.

Police say the 58-year-old woman was attacked at her home in regional Spring Ridge, NSW, by men who then set fire to the house and destroyed it.

Fire and Rescue New South Wales has recorded more than 60 lithium-ion battery fires in the state so far in 2024.

Police have established a crime scene after a house fire in the Townsville suburb of Hermit Park and commended the bravery of three men who attempted to rescue a person inside.

Lithium-ion batteries are a key aspect to transitioning to greener energies, but they're also contributing to a spate of fires across the country. One problem is the type of products they're in.

The tally of lithium-ion battery-related fires increase in New South Wales, with two more fires sparking in Sydney.

When used properly Lithium-ion batteries are more environmentally friendly and efficient than other batteries, but they can also prove dangerous, even deadly.

A body is found in the fire-ravaged home of an 83-year-old man after a blaze at a Burpengary retirement community.

Two people killed in a Lake Macquarie house fire last week appear to be the state's first casualties from a lithium-ion battery-related blaze, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) says.

A woman accused of murdering her ex-wife has been recorded on prison phone calls with her male co-accused discussing their need to "stick to the story" and to "pin it" on him, an Adelaide court has heard.

Fire authorities are warning people of the dangers of leaving evaporative air-conditioners turned on during a fire after drifting embers sparked a fire in the roof of a house.

Firefighters struggled to control a burning Lake Macquarie townhouse early today and stop it spreading to other homes. Concerns are growing for one person who is unaccounted for.