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Residents safe to return as fire deemed suspicious

A blaze south of Ballarat that threatened homes is being treated as suspicious after firefighters controlled two raging bushfires in western Victoria.

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Historic Texas wildfire consumes over 500,000 acres as blaze rages on

Smokehouse Creek fire at 0% containment with several counties still evacuated amid growing flames

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Texas nuclear weapons facility pauses operations as wildfires spread

Wildfires have destroyed homes, cut off power and prompted evacuations

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Maui wildfire survivors can apply for $175m One Ohana Fund starting 1 March

People who lost loved ones or were injured may be eligible for payout from fund announced Tuesday – but there’s a catch

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Victorian authorities on alert as strong winds develop amid 40C heat and catastrophic conditions

Residents across state’s west told to take action while bushfire continues to burn near Ballarat

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More residents leave as authorities renew dire warning

New emergency warnings have led to more residents fleeing fire danger zones in Victoria as a massive blaze threatens a number of towns.

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Victoria fires: more than 30,000 evacuations urged ahead of Wednesday’s bushfire risk

About 100 schools, early childhood facilities to close ahead of what could be worst fire day in Victoria in four years

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'Leave early': thousands warned to flee wild bushfires

Victorians who could be caught in the path of raging fires are being urged to relocate before hot and windy conditions threaten lives and homes.

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As we wait for the next fire, it’s clear this country isn’t prepared for what’s to come

Victoria learnt a lot from Black Saturday. Even so, it’s hard to argue that we’re properly prepared for the ever-growing scale of natural disasters driven by climate change.

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Scramble to set up camp ahead of extreme fire danger

Extreme or catastrophic fire danger is predicted in six of Victoria's nine weather districts, with temperatures of more than 40C tipped in the state's west.

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Victoria fires: at least three homes destroyed as authorities warn towns still under threat

Warnings remained in place for a group of communities west of Ballarat as crews work to get blaze under control

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‘It’s just what you do for people’: the volunteer force helping Victoria’s Beaufort bushfire evacuees

Thousands of people are under evacuation warnings due to a 11,000ha fire burning west of Ballarat and locals have opened their homes to help

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'Zombie' Blazes And Drought: Canada Headed For Another Brutal Fire Season

Beneath the ground in Western Canada, dozens of so-called "zombie fires" that started last year are still burning.

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Fire situation ‘will get worse before it gets better’ – as it happened

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Fire bans in multiple states as heatwave moves east

A total fire ban has been announced for most of Victoria as hot, dry and windy conditions bear down on southern Australia.

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Victoria fires claim at least 25 homes as power outages to continue into next week

Town of Pomonal the worst affected, with 24 houses destroyed in bushfires that broke out on Tuesday

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Hawaii wildfire death toll rises to 101 as victims identified

The death toll from the devastating wildfire that destroyed the historic town of Lahaina in Hawaii rises to 101 as authorities identify a new victim.

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Hot spell sweeps the nation, sparking trouble in Vic

Widespread hot weather has led to fires in Victoria and high temperatures plus rain storms in other parts of the nation.

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Couple pleads guilty over gender reveal party that sparked California wildfire

Refugio Jimenez Jr and Angela Renee Jimenez plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter over firefighter killed battling fire

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‘It was total panic – with black smoke, falling fireballs and tongues of flame’: the terror of Chile’s wildfires

A long drought followed by exceptional heat and wind brought deadly blazes that ripped with devastating speed through the coastal town of Viña del Mar

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Bushfire survivors bring home renewable energy message

Survivors of bushfire say they want everyone to live in a home that is safe from extreme impacts of climate change, which demands a rapid rollout of renewables.

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Women Train To Fight Fire With Fire In Portugal

Women from around the world gathered in northwest Portugal this week to practise a traditional technique of deliberately burning land to prevent the kind of wildfires -- intensified by climate change -- that have killed hundreds across Europe.

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Exclusive: Maui wildfire survivors face soaring rates of depression and lung problems – study

Preliminary results of largest study of its kind show 55% of survivors are living with depression, while 74% have respiratory issues

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Six months after Maui wildfire, 5,000 survivors still stranded: ‘We’re tired of broken promises’

Red Cross says only a third of households who sought emergency shelter have moved into homes, as governor’s pledge rings hollow

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Firefighting water bombers drop sewage water onto homes

Authorities have issued an alert after firefighting helicopters accidentally dropped effluent while battling a blaze in Perth's northeast.

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