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Families evacuated as crews battle bushfire
Dozens of crews fought to protect at least 12 homes in the pines just west of Millmerran, south-west of Toowoomba. Some residents had to evacuate multiple times amid the unfolding emergency. The RFS said conditions remained dangerous, with an emergency warning in place for The Pines.
9News - Latest news and headlines from Australia and the world RFS truck rolls on the NSW-Queensland border. One firefighter suffering minor injuries. Woman dies after being hit by falling tree during wild Queensland storm.
NSW-Queensland bushfire emergency: Firefighters injured after their RFS truck rolls over near... RFS truck rolled en route to bushfireEmergency not over, despite easing conditions. NSW-Queensland bushfire emergency: Firefighters injured after their RFS truck rolls over near Tenterfield. At least 53 homes have been destroyed in the Queensland town of Tara.
Enormous bushfire will rage on for WEEKS and it's too late for people in nearby town to flee - with... Firefighters are battling two huge blazes west of Kempsey. Some residents have been told it's too late to leave by the Rural Fire Service. A fire has ripped through more than 22,000 hectares of the Willi Willi National Park and Boonanghi Nature Reserve. RFS Commissioner Rob Rogers said the enormous bushfire could take weeks to fully quench.
NSW RFS volunteer dies after medical episode while working on Bean Creek fire near Kyogle The man was part of a crew attending a fire at Bean Creek in the Kyogle region. Fellow crew members tried to tried to assist him, which included the use of an automated defibrillator. Emergency Services Minister Jihad Dib said the impact of the man's death would be felt by RFS members and the local community.
Penny Buchan loves living near the bush. Being prepared for bushfires comes with the territory Firefighters have been burning 2,000 hectares of bush at Holsworthy Military Barracks, in anticipation of an expected dry summer. The area was spared from the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-2020. The RFS says it has done hazard reduction on 42,900 hectares across the state since July 1.
Bilpin is scarred by black summer’s ‘atom bomb’ bushfire – and some fear lessons have not been learned The fire came towards Helen Attard’s Blue Mountains property ‘like a steam train’ A short time earlier, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service had lit a backburn at Mount Wilson in what would prove to be a disastrous attempt to contain the huge Gospers Mountain fire. Locals insist they warned against backburning in such extreme conditions. But the RFS decided otherwise.
Sydney scorcher could help Aussie star challenge for first marathon crown Sinead Diver is Australia’s fastest ever female marathoner. The 46-year-old is now a record-breaking Olympian. She only took up competitive running 13 years ago. RFS commissioner Rob Rogers said he expected the smoke haze from hazard reduction burns to dissipate.
Sydney scorcher could help Aussie star challenge for first marathon crown Sinead Diver is Australia’s fastest ever female marathoner. The 46-year-old is now a record-breaking Olympian. She only took up competitive running 13 years ago. RFS commissioner Rob Rogers said he expected the smoke haze from hazard reduction burns to dissipate.
Couple left to fight hazard reduction burn that got out of control, inquiry told Couple lit the fire on their property on August 9. It got away from them on August 15, despite crews from different Rural Fire Service brigades attending three times. The owners only had two 25-litre drums of water at hand to mop up the fire when the RFS crew left that day, after dealing with a tree that was alight.
Couple left to fight hazard reduction burn that got out of control, inquiry told Couple lit the fire on their property on August 9. It got away from them on August 15, despite crews from different Rural Fire Service brigades attending three times. The owners only had two 25-litre drums of water at hand to mop up the fire when the RFS crew left that day, after dealing with a tree that was alight.
Bushfire threat demands hazard reduction burns rethink A third of NSW is expected to face higher fire risk this spring. Just 24 per cent of the RFS’s target of 280,072 hectares of hazard reduction burn completed. The Bureau of Meteorology said climate change has helped reduce the period suitable for hazard reduction burns to about 30 days per year.
As volunteers prepare for bushfire season, there’s one signal they don’t want to hear Three years after the Black Summer, Australia’s east is impossibly green. Fuel loads are high and the risk of a bad summer is real. Black Summer brought nearly 8500 new volunteers to the RFS, including 2600 women. Many fear the public has grown complacent about fire risk because the past few years have been so wet.
As volunteers prepare for bushfire season, there’s one signal they don’t want to hear Three years after the Black Summer, Australia’s east is impossibly green. Fuel loads are high and the risk of a bad summer is real. Black Summer brought nearly 8500 new volunteers to the RFS, including 2600 women. Many fear the public has grown complacent about fire risk because the past few years have been so wet.
Spate of runaway fires in Queanbeyan region prompts warning from NSW authorities ahead of 'busy' season RFS planning for 'challenging times' Lachlan Gilchrist of the NSW RFS Lake George District says authorities are expecting a busy summer. In the Queanbeyan-Palerang local government area alone, 20 controlled burns have become runaway fires since August 1. Even those living in more urban areas are being urged to start preparing for summer.
Linfield 'can't dwell' on past European heartbreak - Shields Jimmy Callacher scored a last-minute own goal against RFS. Latvian side RFS won the resulting shootout at Windsor Park. The Blues return to European action against Albanian side KF Vllaznia on Thursday.
Linfield 'can't dwell' on past European heartbreak - Shields Jimmy Callacher scored a last-minute own goal against RFS. Latvian side RFS won the resulting shootout at Windsor Park. The Blues return to European action against Albanian side KF Vllaznia on Thursday.
Black Summer bushfire inquest hears back-burn was needed to contain Currowan blaze The Currowan fire was started by a lightning strike in November 2019. Within a month the blaze had merged with four other fires to cover about 315,000 hectares and eventually destroyed hundreds of homes in Shoalhaven and Wingecarribee local government areas. The fire also resulted in the deaths of three men who had been protecting their homes. RFS incident controller Mark Williams was called on Tuesday to give evidence at the inquest, which is examining back-burning operations during the 2019/20 bushfire season.
Neo-Nazis clash with counter-protesters at Victorian parliament Man arrested after swapping cars and wig during police pursuit. Neo-Nazi’s clash with immigration advocates at a protest in Melbourne. Firefighters suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, RFS says.
Russia withdraws from international football tournament Russia's national football team will not take part in the upcoming international tournament hosted by the Central Asian Football Association. The head of the Russian Football Union (RFS), Maksim Mintrfanov, cited “organizational difficulties” along with excessively high physical load on the team. The tournament is scheduled to be held in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek and the Uzbek capital of Tashkent.
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