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14 calls for help following wet and windy weather

The ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) has received a total of 14 calls for help since 4pm yesterday due to the wet and windy weather. ACTSES volunteers and ACT Fire...

ACTSES on standby due to Severe Weather Warning

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Severe Weather Warning for the ACT for damaging winds and blizzard conditions. ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) volunteers are...

Two burns near Uriarra Crossing

The ACT Rural Fire Service is conducting two burns east of Uriarra Crossing today. Six units from Rivers and Molonglo are assisting a landholder burn 15 hectares at a...

Two men trapped in car after crash

The jaws of life have been used by ACT Fire & Rescue (ACTF&R) crews to free two men from a car on George Street in Oaks Estate. ACTF&R and the ACT Ambulance...

Update - Woman treated for smoke inhalation

The fire has been extinguished with ACT Fire & Rescue crews able to contain it to the kitchen. The rest of the structure has received extensive heat...

Woman treated for smoke inhalation

A 19-year-old suffering minor smoke inhalation has been transported to The Canberra Hospital following a house fire on Sturt Avenue in Narrabundah. ACT Ambulance Service...

Agricultural burn today at Lanyon Homestead

A private landholder will today, Wednesday 18 June, 2014, weather permitting, conduct an agricultural burn at Lanyon Homestead, Tharwa Drive, Tharwa. The burn of piles...