A firestorm swept through the western suburbs of Canberra on January 18, resulting in the deaths of four people, the destruction of 503 homes. Around 300 people had to be treated for burns and smoke ...

TONY EASTLEY: Five years on from Canberra's devastating firestorm there's widespread acknowledgement the disaster has changed the way communities think about bushfire risk. The 2003 fires were one of ...

Four people were killed, hundreds injured and 530 homes destroyed when bushfires engulfed the southern and western suburbs of Canberra, Australia’s national capital, last Saturday afternoon. Shops, a ...

More than 600 plaintiffs, including victims and insurance companies, will take their case to the ACT Supreme Court today. The group is seeking an estimated $100 million for injuries and losses from ...

A short film made by a Canberra volunteer firefighter about his colleagues' experiences during one day engulfed in the Nerriga firestorm has been released, distilling the ferocity of the Black Summer ...

The coronial inquest into Canberra's devastating fires has heard fire weather conditions on January 18 were so unusual, many people would never experience them in a lifetime. The CSIRO's principal ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. ACT Coroner Maria Doogan has slammed the ACT Emergency Services Bureau for inadequately planning for and fighting the 2003 firestorm ...

At a commemoration ceremony at the ACT Bushfire Memorial on Friday, Jane Smyth reflected on the fear and shock of the day the fires entered the city, the "sick feeling" of people whose homes were ...

Just over a week ago, Canberra, the Australian national capital, was hit by one of the worst fire disasters in the country’s history. Driven by hot, dry winds, bush fires broke containment lines on ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The January bushfires that ravaged Canberra, killing four people and destroying more than 500 homes, could have been contained if the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Fierce winds drove a firestorm into suburban Canberra yesterday, killing one man and destroying up to 100 homes, a school, a medical ...

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