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Update five - House fire at Chifley

ACT Fire & Rescue has deployed the Bronto Skylift Hydraulic Platform aerial appliance to assess the damage from the air to the three bedroom house and to eliminate...

Update four - House fire at Chifley

Firefighters have extinguished the fire and are searching for any hot spots. An ACT Fire & Rescue urban search and rescue firefighter is now conducting a structural...

Update three - House fire at Chifley

Firefighters have knocked down the fire but are continuing to extinguish spot fires and fire in the roof space. No adjoining neighbouring properties have been...

Update two - House fire at Chifley

The ACT Fire & Rescue Hazardous Materials Unit and the Breathing Apparatus Van are now also on scene. Crews are continuing to fight the fire. ACT Ambulance Service...

Update - House fire at Chifley

Firefighters are continuing to fight the fire. The roof of the house has collapsed. Four fire pumpers and two commanders currently on scene. Update to follow.

House fire at Chifley

ACT Fire & Rescue are on scene at a house fire at Charteris Crescent, Chifley. Fire has spread from an attached garaged into a house. Update to follow.

Smell of smoke at Vikings Erindale Club

ACT Fire & Rescue are on scene at the Vikings Erindale Club, Ricardo Street, Wanniassa investigating smoke in the basement area. The club has been evacuated as a...

Kitchen fire extinguished in Chifley home

ACT Fire & Rescue has extinguished a fire on a stove top in a Chifley home this morning. Residents were cooking at the time in the single storey, Allwood Street...

Two hazard reduction burns tomorrow in the ACT

The ACT Rural Fire Service will tomorrow, Sunday 19 May, 2013, conduct two hazard reduction burns at Kowen and Nicholls. The Kowen burn will commence at 9.30am east of...