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Firefighters manage to stop a large blaze in Northbridge from spreading to neighbouring properties.

A report on the initial response of WA's emergency services to Cyclone Seroja in 2021 finds a lack of qualified staff meant some had to be "trained on the job", and highlights a "lack" of financial management processes.

The item, which is 6 mm by 8 mm in size, may have been caught in the tires of passing vehicles and taken off track to where teams are searching.

The exposure risk was low, but it "could cause radiation burns or radiation sickness," authorities in Western Australia said.

Authorities have conceded the capsule of highly radioactive material may never be found after disappearing on a 1400km journey

Firefighters make a grim discovery, finding the remains of a man inside a fire ground at Mount Gibson in WA's Mid West.

As Kimberley businesses watch their freight bills double following damage to key roads caused by catastrophic flooding, it remains unclear exactly who will be covered by the state government's latest subsidy scheme.

Calls are growing for the WA government to fund a rescue helicopter base in the state's Midwest, after delays evacuating a sick woman from a cruise ship.

A bushfire has destroyed a property, damaged three others, and injured residents in WA's south-west.