The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Car found torched on Scots footbridge as cops probe 'deliberate fire'

Emergency services raced to the Coltbridge Viaduct over the Water of Leith in Edinburgh after the alarm was raised at around 7pm on Monday.

Daily Record · Jan 18, 2023

Edinburgh police probe torched cars left abandoned in residential area days apart

Eyewitnesses in the area described their shock as the car went up in furious flames on a bridge across the Water of Leith on Monday night.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 18, 2023

Engineers working on gas leak after junction closed in Nottingham

Workers have been dealing with a gas escape on a 24” diameter low pressured gas pipe

Nottingham Post · Jan 18, 2023

20 years ago, vast bushfires razed Canberra's suburbs – and bushfire science was never the same

It has been 20 years to the day since bushfires burst out of the Brindabella Ranges and into the suburbs of our nation’s bush capital. Four lives were lost, many people were injured and more than 500 homes were destroyed.

The Conversation · Jan 17, 2023

Why urban fire trucks failed on the bushfire frontline

Five of Canberra's fire trucks were disabled during the 2003 firestorm.

The Canberra Times · Jan 17, 2023

'A day like no other': when Canberra's quiet summer became a wildfire hell

The 20th anniversary of the Canberra firestorm, which destroyed over 500 homes and killed four people

The Canberra Times · Jan 17, 2023

Several pets killed in fire which started in caravan and spread to house in Cardiff

Fire crews from multiple stations across south Wales were called to the scene

Wales Online · Jan 17, 2023

Canberra fires lessons yet to be learned

Two decades on from Canberra's most destructive bushfires, which destroyed 500 homes and killed four people, firefighters are warning of action still needed.

AAP · Jan 17, 2023

Car bursts into flames on busy Ayrshire road after crash as fire crews rush to inferno

Stunned motorists watched on as fire crews extinguished the car blaze near Ayr station this morning.

Daily Record · Jan 17, 2023

Tragedy as teenage girl with 'heart of gold' dies in North Shields flat fire

Tributes had today been paid to 18-year-old Leah Casson who lost her life in the blaze on Vicarage Street

Chronicle Live · Jan 17, 2023