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Properties under threat as emergency alert level bushfire spreads amid punishing NSW heatwave

While one fire has been downgraded from emergency level, the heightened risk is expected to remain this evening for a fire that has burnt through 635ha near Bathurst.

ABC News

Temperatures soar as heatwave hits NSW

A severe heatwave warning has been issued for parts of NSW, with extremely hot and dry conditions raising the risk of bushfires.

The New Daily

Total fire ban as heatwave hits the Hunter: temps to reach 39 degrees

The Greater Hunter including Cessnock, Dungog, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Muswellbrook, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Singleton and the Upper Hunter has been placed under an extreme fire rating.

Newcastle Herald

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Hotter than summer: Mercury soars in NSW heatwave

Sydney baked through its hottest day in two years while bushfires in NSW's west sparked emergency warnings for two communities.

AAP

Police investigation launched after Nottinghamshire house fire

Four crews were in attendance

Nottingham Post

Schools close amid heatwave warning for NSW with temperatures set to exceed 40°C in some areas

Around 30 schools are closed in New South Wales with temperatures set to reach well into the 30s, and more than 40 degrees Celsius in some areas, in heatwave conditions expected to last up to several days.

ABC News

Total fire ban surrounds the ACT; dry autumn raises grassfire risk

NSW Rural Fire Service declares total fire ban in Queanbeyan-Palerang and Goulburn

The Canberra Times

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Six-hour mine rescue in Central Victoria after underground fire

It took six hours to rescue workers from an underground refuge after a fire broke out at the Augusta Mine in Costerfield.

ABC News

Huge blaze in Edinburgh as flames engulf children's play park

Scottish Fire Service crews rushed to Restalrig Park after receiving reports of a massive blaze at 1.30pm.

Daily Record

Ex-firefighter is getting kids back into fire stations after Covid layoff

“I have seen the devastating results of fires many times over a long career"

Manchester Evening News

Extreme wildfires are turning the world's largest forest ecosystem from carbon sink into net-emitter

The vast boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere stretch from Scandinavia through Siberia, Alaska and Canada. They cover a tenth of the world’s land but hold one-third of the land’s carbon, stored mainly in organic-rich soils and in trees. Now, a new study in the journal Science provides further evidence…

The Conversation

Carbon emissions from boreal forest fires rose in 2021

Smoke from wildfires that burned frosty, northern forests of North America and Eurasia in 2021 contributed the most to global fire carbon emissions since 2000, according to a new study

The Independent UK

How much wildfire smoke can California wine grapes sustain? A new bill aims to find out

For five of the past six years, heavy smoke from nearby wildfires has engulfed vineyards full of grapes that Ashley Egelhoff depends on to produce her wine.

Tribune News Service

Hazard reduction burns conducted across Canberra

ACT Parks and Conservation will conduct backburning in the Molonglo Valley, near Kama Nature Reserve, in the Hughes Garran Woodlands, while the ACT Rural Fire Service will conduct burns on Point Hut Road in Gordon.

The Canberra Times

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Crews continue to battle ‘very dangerous, fast-moving’ fire near Western Downs

Interstate backup has been called in to fight two large, out-of-control bushfires on the Western Downs firefighters suspect are the work of arsonists.

The New Daily

Large, fast fire threatens properties in western Queensland

Firefighters say a large, fast-moving bushfire burning in Queensland's Western Downs is threatening a number of rural properties near Weir River.

AAP

Large, fast fire threatens properties in western Qld

Firefighters say a large, fast-moving bushfire burning in Queensland's Western Downs is threatening a number of rural properties near Weir River.

The Canberra Times

Grassfire burning in Majura contained

The fire is small, measuring approximately 200x200m and there is no risk of it growing at this time.

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Nottingham Post

Residents reveal impact on village after shocking fire ravaged village hall

One resident had planned to have her upcoming wedding reception at the now destroyed village hall

Irish Mirror

Gorse fires engulf West Cork landmark as fires crews rush to scene

Fire crews were rushed to Mount Gabrial after 9pm on Sunday

ABC News

Auditor-general warns RFS has no 'overarching strategy' to prepare for climate-change-fuelled bushfires

An audit of NSW's rural firefighting resources has found the RFS has no overarching strategy guiding the distribution of its firefighting fleet and is failing to prepare for future fires.

The Canberra Times

Smoke, fire may be visible as prescribed burn conducted on Brindabella Road

The burn is scheduled to take place from 5:00pm on Monday.

ABC News

Report recommends urgent expansion of gamba grass eradication zone as Litchfield National Park faces growing threat

According to new research, gamba grass will replace the existing ecosystems across about 30 per cent of the park by 2032 if further action isn't taken.

Chronicle Live

Devastation after Northumberland forest school loved by youngsters with additional needs destroyed in fire

Clarty Commandos has been devastated by a fire that tore through the woodland on Wednesday night

AAP

Police search for white vehicle after deliberate fires

A police search for a white vehicle in South Australia is under way after eight fires were deliberately lit during heatwave conditions.

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