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More remote area firefighters sent interstate

Six remote area firefighters from the ACT Rural Fire Service Parks Brigade will be sent interstate tomorrow to assist in controlling a blaze in the Wadbilliga National...

ACT continues to support interstate counterparts

An ACT strike team will head south this morning to continue supporting firefighting efforts north of Cooma. The 28 member team, departing at 7 o'clock, will be made up...

Baby left in hot car at Tuggeranong

The ACT Ambulance Service has strongly repeated this afternoon recent warnings about not leaving children unattended in vehicles, especially during the current heatwave...

Car driven through garage and into kitchen

A woman appears to have had a lucky escape this afternoon after crashing through her garage and into her kitchen at Ngunnawal. The ACT Ambulance Service and ACT Fire...

iSmoke in Apple store

An overheated battery has led to a visit by firefighters to the Apple store in the Canberra Centre this morning. ACT Fire & Rescue is on scene at the retail outlet...

Update - ACT firefighters heading to the Monaro

ACT firefighters returned home this morning after spending the night battling a large bushfire north of Cooma. The ACT Taskforce worked hard overnight on the fireground...

ACT firefighters heading to the Monaro

An ACT Taskforce will head interstate tonight to assist with extinguishing a fire south of the Territory. The ACT Emergency Services Agency late this afternoon agreed...