Australia fire

Massive fire broke out in a 7-storey building in Sydney, relief work underway

Sydney Building Fire: Shocking news has come from Australia. A massive fire broke out in a 7-storey building located in Sydney's Surry Hills area. Due to the fire, the upper parts of the building have been destroyed. Know in detail what is the current situation in this report.

May 25, 2023, 15:18 PM IST

One billion animals killed or imperilled by Australian fires, says expert

NPR reported that a 1.5 million acre mega-fire kicked off by the merging of two bushfires in southeast Australia. Around 3,000 houses were destroyed and 26 people died as a result of more than 130 bushfires.

Jan 12, 2020, 21:00 PM IST

'Get out': Australians urged to flee as huge bushfires revitalise

Temperatures were expected to shoot well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in several parts of the country on Friday, accompanied by high winds, threatening to inflame fires that have already left thousands of people homeless.

Jan 10, 2020, 08:34 AM IST

Amy Jackson: Eat veg and donate for Australia

Amy Jackson took to Instagram to share a very disturbing picture of a little girl wearing a mask, standing with a rescued koala in her arms, while there is a massive fire and flames rising in her background.

Jan 06, 2020, 20:21 PM IST

Sydney gasps for air as Australia bushfire smoke reaches record levels

The bushfires have pushed the harbour city into a rare appearance this week in the top ten cities with the worst air pollution in the world. Having reached as high as No. 8, Sydney was sitting at No. 10 on the Air Visual global rankings on Friday morning, above Jakarta and Shenzhen, and just below Mumbai and Kolkata.

Nov 22, 2019, 08:29 AM IST

New blazes break out as Australians take shelter from intense bushfires

A fire that erupted in Sydney`s northern suburbs in the late afternoon immediately cut off exit routes for some residents, a sign of the intensity of blazes erupting in tinder-dry bush. "Complacency kills - we cannot afford for people to be complacent," New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told reporters in Sydney. "This will only worsen throughout the afternoon as the weather conditions continue to deteriorate, and particularly those strong winds strengthen," he said.

Nov 12, 2019, 15:16 PM IST

'Leave now': Australians urged to evacuate as 'catastrophic' fires loom

Bushfires burning across New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland states have already killed three people and destroyed more than 150 homes. Officials expect adverse heat and wind conditions to peak at unprecedented levels on Tuesday.

Nov 11, 2019, 11:16 AM IST