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Update two - ADVICE - Fire on Cooleman Ridge

ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Rural Fire Service is working to extinguish a grass fire burning at the southern end of Cooleman Ridge Nature Reserve in Kambah. The...

Update - ADVICE - Fire on Cooleman Ridge

ACT Fire & Rescue is working to extinguish a grass fire burning at Cooleman Ridge. The Bushfire Alert and Warning Level for this fire has been set at ADVICE. There...

ADVICE - Fire on Cooleman Ridge

ACT Fire & Rescue is currently responding to a grass fire burning at Cooleman Ridge. The Bushfire Alert and Warning Level for this fire has been set at ADVICE. There...

Update - Storm strikes Canberra

The Bureau of Meteorology has just cancelled the Severe Weather Warning for the ACT. The ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) received a total of 18 calls for help...

Storm strikes Canberra

The ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) has received 14 calls for help as a result of the storm that struck Canberra late today. The majority of calls have come in from...

Grass fire in Hume

ACT Fire & Rescue and the ACT Rural Fire Service have attended a grass fire in Hume. Crews were alerted to the incident on the Monaro Highway at 1.18pm and arrived...

Automatic fire alarm - Tuggeranong.

ACT Fire & Rescue has responded to an automatic fire alarm at the Tuggeranong Hyperdome shopping centre. Crews were alerted to the incident at approximately 1pm and...

Building fire - Fyshwick - Update

Crews have now brought the fire under control and gained access to the crashed vehicle which is now confirmed to be unoccupied. Quick work ensured that damage was...

Building fire - Fyshwick

ACT Fire & Rescue is currently working to extinguish a building fire in Fyshiwick. Crews were alerted to the incident on Gladstone Street at 3:21am and responded...

Balcony BBQ fire in Belconnen

ACT Fire & Rescue has responded to reports of smoke issuing from the fourth floor of an apartment building in Belconnen. Crews were alerted to the incident on...