It was a sleepless night for dozens of residents in Melbourne's east who had to evacuate their homes as a bushfire tore ...

A bushfire is continuing to burn out-of-control, threatening homes in Melbourne's east.Helicopter water bombers are assisting ...

More than 100 firefighters, four helicopter water bombers, and two bulldozers have been dispatched to battle the blaze.

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The massive inferno churning on Melbourne’s outskirts is now under control, after one house was lost and 33 hectares burnt at the foot of the Dandenong Ranges ...

A home has been lost and another significantly damaged after a bushfire broke out in Melbourne’s outer east on Saturday night ...

One property has been destroyed and another significantly damaged in a bushfire in Melbourne’s east. Sydney has sweated through its warmest March night in 149 years and woken to a day of extreme heat.

A blaze broke out near the suburbs of Montrose and Kilsyth in Melbourne's outer east after a fire in the area overnight. The fire destroyed one home and significantly damaged another, with 200 ...

A home has been completely ravaged by an out-of-control bushfire which has been burning through dense and dry bushland in Montrose, at the foot of the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne’s south east.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's New South Wales on Sunday sweated in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and prompted authorities to issue a total fire ban for state capital Sydney.

A 65-year-old woman is dead after a single-vehicle crash on Monday, an accident which Melbourne police said appears to be the ...

A bushfire is continuing to burn out-of-control, threatening lives and homes in Melbourne's east. Added 10 hours ago ...