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Hawaiian island wildfire death toll jumps and will probably keep rising, says governor
The search of the wildfire wreckage on Maui revealed a wasteland of burned out homes as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze that has already claimed 53 lives.
- by Audrey Mcavoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Nick Perry
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Hawaii ‘like an apocalypse’ as historic town destroyed by hurricane-fanned fires
The death toll from the inferno has reached 36. Some people had to flee into the ocean to escape fire and smoke.
- by Marco Garcia
Yacht fire causes $3 million worth of damage at northern beaches marina
Fire and Rescue NSW, Water Police and the Rural Fire Service worked to put out the blaze that destroyed three boats, with authorities now investigating its cause.
- by Olivia Ireland
Britain’s ‘wonkiest pub’ stood for 260 years. Now it’s a pile of rubble
Two weeks after the sale of the historic Crooked House pub to a private company was announced, it was gutted by fire. Locals now want it rebuilt brick by brick.
- by Lucy Cormack
‘Closer scrutiny’: Detectives investigate aspects of Russell Island house fire
The bodies of Wayne Godinet and his five children were expected to be recovered from the burnt-out wreckage on Monday.
- by Cloe Read and Cameron Atfield
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Brisbane
Six bodies found in wreckage of burnt-out island home
Police confirmed late on Sunday that six bodies – believed to be those of five young boys and their father – had been found after fire tore through three houses on Russell Island.
- by Cameron Atfield
There are more battery fires than before and firefighters are worried
Local councils and waste contractors have seen a significant rise in the number of truck and rubbish fires caused by batteries.
- by Laura Chung
Widespread fire concern for majority of state after years of heavy rain
As a hot and dry summer approaches, fire agencies are worried fires will sweep across large parts of the state that burnt during the Black Summer Bushfires.
- by Laura Chung
Forty firefighters extinguish Greenacre blaze producing toxic smoke
Residents in a south-western Sydney suburb were warned to stay indoors to avoid toxic smoke from a fire in a scrap metal yard, as 40 firefighters battled the blaze.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Passenger in burning bus on West Gate praises driver
Navdeep Singh was on his regular route over the West Gate Bridge on Monday night when he checked his mirrors and realised his bus was on fire.
- by Gillian Lantouris and Lachlan Abbott
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Victoria
West Gate bus blaze causes peak-hour traffic mayhem
A bus has burst into flames on the West Gate Bridge causing major delays, but authorities say no one was injured in the blaze.
- by Ashleigh McMillan