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Mattress fire - Barton

ACT Fire & Rescue responded to an Emergency Triple Zero (E000) call received at approximately 2:40am reporting a smouldering mattress. The ESA Communication Centre...

Automatic Fire Alarm - Griffith

ACT Fire & Rescue responded to an automatic fire alarm that was activated in the East Hotel on Giles Street in Griffith at approximately 12:10pm. Firefighters...

Update - Car crash - Belconnen

Firefighters have successfully removed a female in her twenties from the car. Rescue operations involved a partial roof removal. Paramedics then treated the patient and...

Car crash - Belconnen

Emergency service personnel are currently on scene at a car crash on Nettlefold Street in Belconnen. Three ambulances, an ACT Ambulance Service Commander, two pumpers...

Update - HAZMAT incident - Bywong

The ACT HAZMAT crew has determined the substance to be tilers dust from nearby renovation work. The road remained open and there's no danger to the community. ACT Fire...

HAZMAT incident - Bywong

Fire and Rescue NSW are on scene at a possible HAZMAT incident on Macs Reef Road and have requested the assistance of the ACT Fire & Rescue HAZMAT crew. The crew are...

Small grass fire - Holt

ACT Fire & Rescue has extinguished a small grass fire near Parkwood Road in Holt. The fire was caused by powerlines that had come had come down. The road has been...

ACT Fire & Rescue message - Hot water heaters

Fire fighters have extinguished two separate fires caused by hot water heaters in Canberra this weekend. ACT Fire & Rescue would like to advise the community that...

House fire - Weetangera

ACT Ambulance Service and ACT Fire & Rescue responded to a house fire on Bambridge Street in Weetangera shortly after 4am this morning. Intensive...

Car crash - Dunlop

ACT Ambulance Service and ACT Fire & Rescue responded to a car crash on Elyard Place in Dunlop at approximately 9pm. Intensive Care Paramedics treated one male...