Midday: Calmer conditions have assisted firefighters and downgraded the risk to West Coast communities — however, four battlegrounds remain a concern. In an update provided by Tasmania Fire Service, ...

Smoke from the bushfires ... on Wednesday morning to a "perfectly clear day". "The wind had clearly shifted, we had really good visibility, we couldn't smell any smoke and there was no ash falling ...

We don't have Ash Wednesday, we have Black January ... He said the open landscape with little fuel was helping bushfire containment on the outskirts of the Grampians on Friday, but it was ...

The Los Angeles bushfires are “next level”, says Victorian ... to the Lane Cover River Valley in the north; and the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires that swept through South Australia and Victoria.

Major fire storms that result in severe loss of life are often named based on the day on which they occur, such as Ash Wednesday and Black Sunday. Some of the most intense, extensive and deadly ...

The bushfire started northwest of Downtown Los Angeles and spread from Los Angeles County to Ventura County and prompted evacuations.

Fire Permits will be suspended from 2am Saturday, February 1 until 2am Wednesday ... and smoke and ash would impact on the ability to breath. Smoke rises from a bushfire at Snug Tiers and Snug ...

Melbourne hit 39 degrees on Monday after three firefighters made a narrow escape when their vehicle caught alight in the ...

During Cooper’s five decades on the job he attended the 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires and the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, he delivered 15 babies, and he worked flying the “Angel of Mercy” helicopter ...

Residents living on the edge of the Grampians National Park, in the communities of Cavendish and Halls Gap, are being told to prepare for difficult days ahead.

For decades Belgrave has attracted many artists and writers. What is it about life here that inspires residents to defy the ...

Actors of Channel 7's Home and Away have shared images of 'Summer Bay' blanketed in thick smoke from the NSW catastrophic bushfires. Actress Kestie Morassi ... Breathing in smoked air and ash ...