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Firefighters contain deadly Australian bushfire
PERTH, Australia: Cooler temperatures and easing winds Monday helped firefighters contain a bushfire that killed two people and razed 143 properties, with clean-up efforts getting underway.
Bushfire ends 15-month Australia tree-sit protest
SYDNEY: An Australian anti-logging campaigner who has spent the last 15 months living 60 metres (196 feet) up a tree was Thursday forced down by an approaching bushfire, but vowed to continue her protest.
More homes destroyed as Australia battles major bushfire
ADELAIDE, Australia: More than 30 homes are feared destroyed as firefighters battle an out-of-control bushfire in the state of South Australia, with officials warning Sunday that lives are in danger even as weather conditions improve.
Hillslope bushfire snarls traffic on Sprint highway
KUALA LUMPUR: A bushfire on a hillslope opposite Phileo Damansara caused a minor traffic snarl along the Sprint highway for about an hour.
Raging bushfire devastates Australian town
Perth (Australia) (AFP) - A "catastrophic" bushfire has burnt through an historic town in Western Australia, razing 95 homes and leaving three people unaccounted for, officials said on Friday.
At least two dead as Australia bushfire burns out of control
SYDNEY (AFP) - Two people were confirmed killed and a third feared dead as a bushfire blazed out of control in South Australia Wednesday, officials said.
Australian military to probe link to bushfire
SYDNEY, Oct 19, 2013 (AFP) - The Australian military said Saturday it was investigating whether a major bushfire was linked to an explosives training exercise, as firefighters battled blazes that have destroyed or damaged 300 homes.
Australia bushfire survivors in record class action win
Survivors of a devastating 2009 bushfire in Australia won a nearly Aus$500 million payout Tuesday in the biggest class action settlement in the nation's history.
Australia to get hotter and bushfire season longer
Australia will suffer more days of extreme heat and a longer bushfire season as greenhouse gases force temperatures to continue rising, a new report warned Tuesday.
Bushfire burns out of control in southern Australia
SYDNEY, Jan 03, 2015 (AFP) - Houses were lost as an intense bushfire raged out of control in South Australia on Saturday, as authorities warned the state faced its worst wildfire danger since deadly 1983 blazes.
