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ACT RFS continues to assist with NSW fire

An ACT Rural Fire Service strike team continues to support NSW crews on the fire ground at Yass this evening. The team consists of four heavy tankers, a medium tanker...

Smoke from NSW fire visible in ACT

There is a grass fire located to the north west of the ACT in the area surrounding the Burrinjuck Dam. Smoke from this fire is quite visible across the Northern parts of...

TOTAL FIRE BAN CANCELLED in the ACT today

Due to the unsettled stormy weather that has brought rain across many parts of the ACT this morning the decision has been made to cancel the Total Fire Ban. Conditions...

Smoke damaged units in Phillip

Several units in a three-storey complex have received smoke damage following a fire in a ground floor unit. ACT Fire & Rescue were called to Tanks Street in Phillip...

Update - Garage fire in Nicholls

Firefighters have managed to save a house from catching alight after a garage attached to the property became engulfed in flames. Quick work by ACT Fire & Rescue...

Garage fire in Nicholls

Firefighters are currently working to extinguish a fire in the garage of a home in Nicholls. ACT Fire & Rescue responded to the property in Charlick Place with...

Lucky escape from Bonython car crash

Intensive care paramedics are transporting assessing three people to hospital following a single vehicle crash tonight in Bonython. The ACT Ambulance Service and ACT...

Update - Man trapped in Belconnen crash

Firefighters used the jaws of life to extricate the 69 year old man from the wreckage. He's been treated by intensive care paramedics and is now being transported to the...

Man trapped in Belconnen crash

Firefighters and paramedics are tonight at the scene of a single vehicle crash in Belconnen where one person is trapped. The ACT Ambulance Service and ACT Fire &...