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Non-drinking water only as fire damages supply

Water is being carted into a small town to top up a bushfire-damaged local treatment system but residents are still waiting for clean drinking water.

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How Sandhill Ashes cricket match helped to rebuild a community ravaged by bushfire

A record-breaking heatwave in Australia is a potent reminder of how cricket responded to previous wildfires

The Guardian - UK

‘The land will be left as ashes’: why Patagonia’s wildfires are almost impossible to stop

Funding cuts, conspiracy theories and ‘powder keg’ pine plantations have seen January’s forest fires tear through Chubut in southern Argentina

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Houses lost as 'erratic' bushfire threatens towns

Multiple bushfires have sparked evacuation orders for several towns as temperatures soar to almost 50C in some areas.

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Victorians urged to evacuate Otways as massive fire threatens to spread east towards more than 1,000 homes

Fire in Otways has burned about 9,400 hectares and could spread as far as Lorne amid onset of heatwave in Victoria

The Guardian - AU

Worst heatwave since Black Saturday forecast for Victoria as WA faces Tropical Cyclone Luana

‘This is a very serious set of weather conditions’ Emergency Management Commissioner Tim Wiebusch says

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National cabinet to meet on Friday on health and disability funding – as it happened

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Firefighters face attacks, drones and arsonists while battling deadly blazes in Chile

Firefighters and security forces in Chile are battling deadly wildfires that have killed at least 21 people and destroyed vast areas of forests

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Why Chile’s wildfires are spreading faster and burning hotter

Chile is facing a severe wildfire emergency marked by unusually large and fast-moving fires that have killed people, destroyed homes and forced tens of thousands to flee

The Independent UK

In the ashes of Lirquén: How a small town is rising from Chile's devastating wildfires

Wildfires continue to devastate central and southern Chile, consuming over 170 square miles and causing at least 20 deaths

The Independent UK

A heated dispute is playing out in Victoria over the CFA’s funding. What’s really going on?

The opposition claims Labor has cut funding for the fire service, but the premier maintains support has increased and accused opponents of ‘conspiracy theories’. Here’s what the annual report tells us

The Guardian - AU

‘We could see the glow and smell the smoke’: residents warned as fires burn south of Adelaide

Watch and act alert issued for Tooperang, Nangkita, Mount Jagged and Mosquito Hill as firefighters continue to battle blaze

The Guardian - AU

‘We remember you’: Victims of New Cross fire honoured on 45th anniversary

More than 200 people gathered at St Andrew’s Church in Brockley, south-east London, on Sunday afternoon.

Evening Standard

‘You can’t think straight’: lessons from six households who evacuated before the Harcourt bushfire

Authorities recommend practical evacuation essentials for people living in bushfire-prone areas. We asked residents of the Victorian town and surrounds what else they took – and what they wish they had remembered

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See how Victoria’s bushfires spread: a visual guide to the scale of devastation

Authorities and firefighters say the Victorian fires of January 2026 were unlike anything seen before in speed, scale and destruction. And they came much earlier than normal

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Bushfires spark inquiry call as funding debate rages

Underfunding has been blamed for the scale of losses from ferocious bushfires but state authorities insist conditions made containment impossible.

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Bushfire losses mount as premier defends fleeing mob

Volunteer firefighters are "blaming themselves" for being unable to lessen the devastation wrought by an ongoing bushfire crisis, a fire chief says.

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Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires

Wildfires now destroy twice as much tree cover per year as two decades ago – a crisis fuelled by climate change

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More than 500 structures destroyed in Victoria’s bushfires as 12 major blazes continue to burn

Conditions ease, with no emergency warnings in place for first time since Thursday, but communities urged to remain alert

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Townsfolk unite after vicious bushfire takes everything

Banding together after bushfire destruction rendered their town almost unrecognisable, residents are showing their spirit remains unbroken.

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Nursing home exodus 'last resort' as fire cause probed

A truck trailer sparking along a major road is being probed as the possible cause of a devastating bushfire as cash is set aside to facilitate the clean up.

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Homes of volunteer firefighters among 350 structures lost so far in ‘heartbreaking’ Victorian bushfires

Victorian premier Jacinta Allan announces appeal to support those affected, as authorities warn fire risk could spike again later in month

The Independent UK

Wildfires in south Argentina rip through nearly 12,000 hectares of forest, threatening communities

Wildfires in the Argentine Patagonia have burned nearly 12,000 hectares of land, threatening a power plant, a school and rural properties

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Premier hoses down fire funds row, as victim identified

Questions about a state's emergency services preparedness have been slapped down by a premier, as the identity of the first victim of ongoing fires is revealed.

The Guardian - AU

Human remains found in bushfire area – as it happened

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