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Old Parliament House protester detained

ACT Policing has confirmed one man has been arrested by police outside Canberra's Old Parliament House for trespassing.

AFP-led taskforce to investigate fire at Old Parliament House

The AFP will lead a joint taskforce with ACT Policing to identify protesters responsible for a fire that damaged Old Parliament House on Thursday.

Old Parliament House fire damage possibly irreparable

Fire damage to the front doors of Old Parliament House in Canberra was "tragic" and potentially irreparable.

Check Christmas lights to avoid sparking fire

‘Tis the season of festive decorations and ACT Fire and Rescue are urging the community to be extra precautious this Christmas.

Four children die in Melbourne house fire tragedy

Four children under 10 have died after becoming trapped inside their home as it was engulfed in flames in southwest Melbourne.

Suspicious fire in Torrens under police investigation

Investigations are underway after emergency services attended a fire in Torrens yesterday, 11 November 2021.

‘Mourning with you’: twin girls killed in house fire

Neighbours have left flowers at the entrance to a northern NSW property where twin girls died following a house fire thought to have started after a candle was left burning.

Police investigating deliberate fire at school in Evatt

ACT Policing responded to reports of a fire at Miles Franklin Primary School in Evatt on Friday evening 29 October.

Fire in Taiwan building leaves 46 dead

The death toll from a fire in southern Taiwan that engulfed a building overnight has risen to 46, according to officials who say at least another 41 people were injured.

Oil tank blaze contained in south Lebanon

Firefighters have contained a blaze at a fuel storage tank in southern Lebanon, the energy minister says, the latest blow to a nation grappling with a deep economic crisis and a crippling fuel and power shortages.

Italian tower blaze compared to Grenfell

The mayor of Italy's financial capital Milan wants answers as to why a fire was able to rip through an apartment block and melt its cladding, comparing it to the Grenfell Tower fire in London that killed 71 people four years ago.

Man charged with arson after O’Connor house fire

A 35-year-old man has been charged with arson following a house fire in O’Connor early Saturday morning, 14 August.

One person dead after house fire in Ngunnawal

ACT Policing is preparing a report for the Coroner after a person was found dead following a fire at a residence in Ngunnawal earlier today, Wednesday 11 August.

Help for Greek crews fighting huge wildfires

Three large wildfires have churned across Greece, with one threatening whole towns and cutting a line across Evia, the country's second-largest island, isolating its northern part.

Greece’s ancient Olympia saved from fire

As major fires continue to burn across Greece, an official has said the monuments at Olympia, a key site of antiquity in the country's west, had been saved from approaching flames.

Largest blaze grows as US wildfires rage

The largest wildfire in the US has torched more dry forest landscape in Oregon, one of dozens of major blazes burning across the west.

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