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3rd Alarm Fire Damages Broadway Hotel
Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST
Brisbanes Broadway Hotel has been extensively damaged by fire, with police saying the cause of the blaze is still unknown. The fire broke out in the hotel, which is situated on Logan Road, Woolloongabba, at about …
Australian To Be Tried Over 10 Deaths In Wildfire
Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST
A man pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he deliberately started one of the deadly wildfires that swept through southern Australia last year. The fires in Victoria state in February 2009 were Australia's …
Australia Fire Crews Battle House Fire
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST
A house on Brisbanes northside was completely destroyed in a spectacular inferno this morning. Little more than the charred hull of the lowset timber home on Norris Road, Bracken Ridge, was left standing after …
Lucky Escape For Driver
Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 EST
A lucky escape for the driver of a Toyota Camry on Beaudesert- Beenleigh Road at Luscombe as it flipped over on its roof in a single vehicle crash. Fire crews assisted the sole occupant with paramedics before he …
Australia To Establish Arsonist Database
Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 EST
Australia plans to establish a national database of convicted and suspected arsonists in hopes of preventing destructive wildfires. The initiative is in response to last year's fires that killed 173 people and …
Fire Chief In Deadly Australian Wildfires Resigns
Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST
The fire chief during deadly 2009 wildfires that killed 173 people in southeastern Australia resigned Friday in the wake of criticism that he failed to take an active role in managing the response to the …
7 Alarm Factory Fire In Yatala
Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST
Twenty eight fire appliances where called to a carpet underlay factory overnight at Yatala, near the Gold Coast Queensland. Crews where alerted to the fire after 8pm with arriving crews calling well involved and …
Australia Firefighters Battle Truck Fire
Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST
A truck erupted into flames following a crash between the semi-trailer and a utility on the gateway motorway Deagon. The semi-trailer was carrying supermarket goods including aerosols which caused a number of …
Fire Destroys Cleveland Unit
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST
A blaze broke out at around 7:00 am on the 20th of March in a unit block at Cleveland this morning. Multiple lines of high pressure hoses were used and also a monitor from the Cleveland fire station to extinguish …
Queensland Firefighters Battle House Fire In Eatons Hill
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST
A house fire broke out on Brisbanes North side at 11am today. Neighbors call 000 saying smoke was coming from the house. On arrival fire crews found the upper level of the two-story house going well and worked …
Australians Mourn Wildfire Victims One Year On
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST
Australians held a national day of mourning Sunday for the 173 people who died a year earlier in the country's worst wildfire disaster. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd planned to attend a church ceremony in the …
Pallet Fire Threatens Forklifts
Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST
Around twelve forklifts and a neighboring building came under threat of fire today as a large pile of stacked crates and plastic caught alight. Fire fighters quickly went into action to extinguish the blaze which …
Bushfire Raging In Australian Park
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST
A bushfire in Victoria, Australia, has consumed nearly 3,000 acres and is threatening a national park, the Country Fire Authority said Friday. The Country Fire Authority said the bushfire in Grampians National …