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Update on Roby Medical Centre site almost year on from arson

The site is still boarded up

Liverpool Echo

Explosion rips through Scots flat as residents evacuated

Emergency services were called to the scene in Wilderhaugh Court, Galashiels, at around 3am on Friday, December 2.

Daily Record

Truck fire blocks tunnel

A truck loaded with car tyres caught fire in a tunnel in Prachin Buri late on Thursday night, and the north-bound road was still closed to traffic on Friday.

Bangkok Post

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Highway reopened after truck fire blocked Thap Lan tunnel

Highway 304 in Prachin Buri was reported to have reopened to traffic on Friday afternoon after being blocked on Thursday night by a burning container truck in the north-bound lane of Khao Yai-Thap Lan tunnel.

Bangkok Post

Huge house fire in Grangemouth as one person treated at scene by paramedics

Scottish Fire and Rescue officers were called to the scene tonight after the fire broke out in a house in Grangemouth.

Daily Record

West Lothian cars torched outside home as police hunt pair in 'dark clothing'

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and a number of officers had raced to the scene shortly after 10.05pm after reports of the blaze on Meadowpark Avenue.

Edinburgh Live

Man posted 'pyrotechnic-style device' through letterbox of Bristol home

It caused a fire and damage to the property

Bristol Post

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Three teenage boys charged after huge fire breaks out on Scots high street

Three boys, all 13, have been charged after fire crews battled the blaze in Kirkcaldy, Fife, for nearly nine hours.

Daily Record

Colorado wildfires are making it harder to insure homes. Could a publicly funded plan stave off an insurance crisis?

The increasing risk of wildfires in Colorado is driving insurance carriers to raise premiums on homeowners’ policies — if they decide to insure them at all — and now the state’s insurance chief is suggesting a publicly funded pool of money be established to provide property insurance for those who…

The Denver Post

Major fire rips through Haltwhistle Working Men's Club with neighbours evacuated during night

Firefighters have worked through the night on the blaze which has devastated the building

Chronicle Live

SA to monitor firebugs over summer

South Australia has passed laws to allow police to electronically monitor known firebugs during the bushfire season.

AAP

Hidden risk in this year's bushfire season

NSW is facing its most significant fire risk in a decade, with two years of rain creating conditions for "prolific vegetation growth" as the fire season begins.

AAP

Veteran councillor claims 'nobody cares and nobody listens' about bonfire problems

"What have we got to do to get authorities to do something about what's going on in that area?"

Liverpool Echo

Bushfire that was threatening lives, property near Albany on WA's south coast is downgraded

Favourable weather conditions have seen the alert level for a bushfire that had been threatening lives and homes near Albany downgraded.

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Police investigate massive fire that engulfed 1,500 cars in scrap yard north of Grafton

Residents have been warned to stay inside as toxic smoke may settle in the area and police appeal for information on blaze at Trenayr

ABC News

Firefighter injured as 'suspicious' fire burns through Trenayr car-wrecking, scrap metal yard

A firefighter has been injured and roughly 8,000 residents told to stay indoors after a "suspicious" toxic fire took hold in northern NSW.

Daily Record

Teenager charged over huge blaze at famous former Scots convent

Images taken from the scene show St Benedict's convent in Dumfries ravaged by towering flames.

The Conversation

Many forests will become highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year unless we cut emissions, research finds

Without strong climate action, forests on every continent will be highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year by the end of the century – and this fire threat is far greater for some forests including the Amazon, according to our new study.

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Edinburgh Live

Bus bursts into flames on busy Scottish road as fire crews battle blaze for hours

The double decker was engulfed in flames while travelling along the B981 in Fife as fire crews rushed to the busy road and shut it down for two hours while they battled the blaze

Dublin Live

Heartbreaking footage shows fire damage caused to historic St Dominic's Hall in Tallaght Village

For decades the hall has hosted local groups and even provided a post office and credit union

Newcastle Herald

Mount Hutton fire: roof collapses, family pet escapes

Pet dog Jazzy, was very lucky to walk away from the fire at Mount Hutton.

ABC News

Flooded NSW towns and dry parts of WA face 'above normal' bushfire potential, says national fire council

After record rainfall in eastern Australia, bushfires might be the last thing on many people's minds. But fire authorities are warning the rain is creating strong fuel loads. Here, they provide a breakdown on each state's fire risk over the coming bushfire season.

AAP

Bushfire outlook varies across the country

The bushfire outlook for summer has been released by the national council for fire and emergency services and it varies across the country.

The Canberra Times

Summer rain needed to keep a lid on ACT's grassfire threat

Healthy summer rain is predicted - and needed - to keep the grassfire threat at bay.

Daily Record

Huge blaze on double-decker bus closes Scots road as smoke billows above Fife

Crews were scrambled to the blaze at 2.40pm today.

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