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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
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‘Mummy and Daddy ain’t gonna help’: Crash victim’s father speaks of pain and loss
As Tyrell Edwards was taken into custody for killing five teenagers in a crash at Buxton, John Van de Putte said the families will never get over the tragedy.
- by Sarah McPhee
Golf course body had likely been in pond for days
Police are trying to identify a badly decomposed body that was discovered at a prestigious Sydney golf course.
- by Olivia Ireland and Sarah Keoghan
How shed fire triggered chain of events that led to deadly train derailment
The Melbourne-bound train derailed in Wallan after travelling at more than 100km/h above the speed limit through a rail loop, and the crash killed the train’s drivers and injured dozens of passengers.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Hunter bus crash driver a no-show in court as 52 fresh charges formally laid
The parents of one of the victims of the Hunter Valley bus tragedy heard that the driver, Brett Button, would not be in court.
- by Sarah McPhee
Police test food dehydrator found at tip after deadly mushroom meal
Tests are being done to see if the appliance is linked to the deaths of three people who ate poisonous mushrooms.
- by John Silvester, Marta Pascual Juanola and Angus Livingston
Italian cheese maker, 72, crushed to death under mountain of cheese
Giacomo Chiapparini was checking on a robot that automatically rotates the cheeses to help them mature when a shelf suddenly collapsed.
- by Nick Squires
Trio of hikers who set out on treacherous Scottish ridge found dead
The trio set out Saturday in Glen Coe to hike the Aonach Eagach, a 10-kilometre knife-edge ridge that tops out at 1100 metres and has precipitous drops.
‘I didn’t do anything; I loved them’: How a quiet family lunch turned into a tragedy
Erin Patterson had four guests she says she loved and cherished over for lunch at her home on July 29. Now three are dead and police are baffled.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola and Ashleigh McMillan
‘Beautiful souls’: Five boys killed in Russell Island fire are mourned
Family from New Zealand, Melbourne and Sydney were expected to fly to Queensland as the community rallies behind a family struggling to come to grips with the tragedy.
- by Cloe Read