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WATCH AND ACT - Grass fire in Latham

ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Rural Fire Service is working to extinguish a grass fire burning at Latham. The Bushfire Alert and Warning Level for this fire has been set...

Update - House fire in Florey

Firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire which significantly damaged a home in Florey this evening. Four people were home at the time but self-evacuated before...

House fire in Florey

Firefighters are working to extinguish a house fire in Florey. The house, on Cooksey Place, is fully engulfed in fire. ACT Fire & Rescuse has three pumpers, the...

Stay cool in the heat

The ACT Ambulance Service strongly advises the community to take the following sensible precautions with a forecast top temperature of 22 degrees overnight and 39...

ACT firefighters assisting in NSW

The ACT Rural Fire Service and ACT Fire & Rescue are providing assistance to the New South Wales Rural Fire Service following numerous Emergency Triple Zero (000)...

Update - Fire in Lyneham apartment complex

Firefighters have extinguished the fire. Ventilation operations will now be conducted to ensure the area is safe. Three units and a commander are in attendance. No...

Fire in Lyneham apartment complex

ACT Fire & Rescue is responding to a fire in an apartment complex on Mouat Street in Lyneham. Updat to come.

Update five - ADVICE - Bushfire in southern ACT

ACT Rural Fire Service crews have left the site but will continue to patrol the area over the coming days. There may be some smouldering trees and logs. Firefighters...

Woman bitten by a snake

A young woman is being rushed to hospital this afternoon after being bitten by a snake at Kambah. The 18 year old had walked into a paddock when the incident...