Winds are expected to ease over the next two days, giving a chance for smoke to dissipate, according to the weather bureau. People living north of Victoria's bushfires have been urged to limit their ...

An RFS spokeswoman said while there were no active fire concerns in Sydney on Sunday, the brassknocker fire trail at Yowrie, and southerly winds brought smoke into the area. The Brassknocker fire at ...

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NSW is facing a weekend of extreme bushfire danger with far fewer trained firefighters than previously thought, new data from the Rural Fire Service reveals. The RFS has frequently said it is the ...

There are more than 45 grass and bushfires burning across New South Wales as of midday Saturday. Authorities are concerned a change in conditions in the afternoon could result in new ignitions.

About 70,000 homes and businesses are without power. Catastrophic fire conditions and 90km/h winds continue to fuel fast-moving fires as hundreds of firefighters battle blazes in searing heat across ...

Crews from NSW were deployed into Victoria on Friday to assist in the horror conditions, while several others remained in NSW, attacking spot fires triggered by embers blowing kilometres ahead of the ...

NSW volunteers are being sent to Victoria to support firefighting efforts and to prevent blazes from spreading across the border, as extreme heat and wind are expected to sweep into NSW and the ACT on ...

Fresh off long flights from all over the country, the recruits spilled out of a bus, backpacks in hand, and dashed through the rain toward a reception center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. "Let's ...