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Air conditioner fire in Kambah

A Kambah house has filled with smoke this afternoon after an air conditioner caught on fire. ACT Fire & Rescue was called to the home in Finnerty Place at...

Update - Garbage truck fire

The garbage truck has now been escorted a short distance to its home base in Queanbeyan. The fire is contained within the confines of the steel framed garbage storage...

Garbage truck fire

Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire in the back of a garbage truck at Symonston. ACT Fire & Rescue was alerted to the incident on Canberra Avenue at...

House fire in Richardson

Two people have escaped uninjured with their dog after a fire began in the kitchen of their Richardson home. ACT Fire & Rescue were called to Prichard Circuit at...

Update - ADVICE - Grass fire at Beard

ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Rural Fire Service has extinguished a grass fire at Beard. Fire crews are now mopping up the scene on the corner of...

ADVICE - Grass fire at Beard

ACT Fire & Rescue and the ACT Rural Fire Service are working to extinguish a Grass fire fire burning at Beard. The Bushfire Alert and Warning Level for this fire has...

Single-vehicle crash - Black Mountain

ACT Fire & Rescue and the ACT Ambulance Service are currently attending a single-vehicle crash on Black Mountain Road. The lone, male occupant is trapped and, due to...

Balcony fire extinguished in Belconnen

ACT Fire & Rescue has extinguished a small fire on the balcony of a multi-storey building in Belconnen. Crews were alerted to reports of smoke issuing from the...

Hazard-reduction burn - Kambah

The ACT Rural fire Service advises that a hazard-reduction burn is currently taking place in Kambah. A land holder on Kambah Pool Road has been issued a permit to...