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Bushfire near Lake Pedder in 'mop-up stage' as fire authorities brace for coming heatwave

Firefighters working in Tasmania's south-west wilderness are hitting a bushfire hard ahead of hot conditions expected later in the week.

ABC News

Firefighters tackle accidental house blaze near Royal Quays Community Centre in North Shields

Fire crews, police and paramedics attended the scene on Sunday

Chronicle Live

Firefighters' urgent safety warning after sharing photos of 'devastating' damage to home

The fire service has warned that attempting to tackle house fires yourself could lead to 'disastrous' consequences, as they share pictures of two recent blazes in Newcastle

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One dead and another injured as e-bike battery catches fire

Three people were in the house at the time of the blaze

Liverpool Echo

Body found after fire rips through house

Police cordoned off the house after the fire

Liverpool Echo

Firefighters share photos of 'devastating' damage to Newcastle home as they issue urgent safety warning to residents

The dramatic photos show how the kitchen of a Newcastle home has been destroyed by fire

Chronicle Live

Drought, floods, wildfires: Climate change upends archaeology

Artifacts are being jostled or buried — or emerging as extreme drought causes water levels in rivers and lakes to fall due to extreme drought.

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Police and fire service called to suspected arson at vacant 'eyesore'

Five fire engines were called to a long-term derelict building

Liverpool Echo

Millmerran bushfire prompts evacuation warnings as fire crews battle Darling Downs blaze

Authorities say the event, about 200 kilometres west of Brisbane, was started by a grass fire.

ABC News

Police launch probe as cars torched in car park of Addiewell Prison

It's believed the motors belonged to prison guards on the nightshift

Daily Record

'Spread thinner and thinner': Bushfire council warns ACT response at risk of falling short

The ACT government has been urged to increase the number of trained firefighting teams close to bushland areas.

The Canberra Times

Resident trying to smoke cigarette while using oxygen starts fire at North Carolina nursing home

One person was badly burned when a North Carolina nursing home resident using oxygen tried to smoke a cigarette, officials say.

Tribune News Service

Six cars belonging to prison guards torched outside West Lothian jail

Emergency services were called to the car park after crooks set alight the vehicles of prison guards who were working their night shift. The scene remained closed on Sunday.

Edinburgh Live

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus rescue man from "well developed" fire

Casualty taken to Royal by Ambulance Service

Belfast Live

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Manchester Evening News

'Arson attack' investigation after former Manchester takeaway hit by fire

Investigators are at the scene

Daily Record

Addiewell prison firebomb probe as six cars 'belonging to jail officers' torched

Fire crews raced to HMP Addiewell in West Lothian after the vehicles were set alight in the car park at around 10.15pm on Saturday.

Daily Record

Edinburgh hotel fire started in room as residents evacuated from building

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) were called to the incident at the Haymarket Hub Hotel on Clifton Terrace.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh fire broke out in guest room at popular city centre hotel

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service have confirmed that the fire that they tackled at a Haymarket hotel had broken out in a guest bedroom and that they had sent several appliances to the scene.

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The National (Scotland)

Life in a Ukrainian city: No water, firewood or power

To get an ambulance or the fire brigade in Dvorichna, a village in northeast Ukraine, you have to run to them on foot: phones haven’t worked since…

Tribune News Service

2 killed in Virginia plane crash; crews worked to contain large brush fire

SUFFOLK, Va. — Two people were killed Saturday in a plane crash that caused a large brush fire in Suffolk, according to local and state officials.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh fire crews race to city centre blaze as hotel evacuated

Both police and fire crews were seen outside the Haymarket Hub Hotel on Clifton Terrace on Saturday evening (January 7), as a large section of the road was blocked off.

Manchester Evening News

Man's body pulled from canal amid huge emergency services response

Fire crews assisted police and paramedics in retrieving the body

Liverpool Echo

Smoke and flames billowing out of derelict house on quiet street

The family who live next door said they were concerned about how close the blaze was

Wales Online

Vandals set fire to Valleys school causing over £20k of damage

'Why on earth would anyone do this?'

Nottingham Post

A1: Emergency services called as vehicle fire blocks northbound carriageway

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service reported that as of 12.40pm on Satuday, January 7 they were attending a fire on on the A1 northbound at the Tuxford exit.

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