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Update two - ACTSES responds to calls for help

ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) volunteers are continuing to respond to requests for assistance from the public following the wet weather. Eight ACTSES teams have...

Update - ACTSES responds to calls for help

The ACTSES has now received 116 calls for help since 5:30pm following wet weather. Eight ACTSES teams along with crews from ACT Fire & Rescue and Transport Canberra...

ACTSES responds to calls for help

The ACT State Emergency Services (ACTSES) has received 100 calls for help since 5:30pm following wet weather. The majority of requests for assistance have been for...

Car fire in Hawker

ACT Fire & Rescue has extinguished a car fire at a service station in Hawker. Crews were alerted to the incident on Springvale Drive at 1.52pm and responded with two...

Official Bushfire Season delayed in the ACT

The start of the Official Bushfire Season in the ACT has been delayed by one month due to the current wet conditions across the Territory and will now commence on 1...

Update two - Suspected gas leak in Bruce

The source of the smell that was initially suspected to be a gas leak, turned out to be a decomposing battery in a piece of cleaning equipment in a storage cupboard.

Update - Suspected gas leak in Bruce

Hazmat crews have isolated the source of the issue and rectified it. Occupants of the building are new being allowed to return.

Suspected gas leak in Bruce

ACT Fire & Rescue is currently investigating a suspected gas leak in Bruce. Crews were alerted to the incident on Eastern Valley Way at 8.55am and responded with two...

ACTF&R attend Fyshwick incident

Firefighters are investigating the discovery of chemicals in a filing cabinet discarded on Tennant Street in Fyshwick. ACT Fire & Rescue was called to the incident...