Firefighters have saved lives and towns across Victoria,but the race is now on to rescue wildlife hit hard in burnt forests,including vulnerable koalas.
CCTV has captured the moment a lithium ion battery from a power tool caught alight and started a blaze at a Perth home.
The 20-year-old has been charged with several offences relating to the fire at Emerald Reception Centre in Thomastown and car theft.
An early morning fire at a skip bin hire facility has prompted a HAZMAT warning for residents.
Firefighters worked overnight to prepare defences near Ballarat ahead of hot and windy weather today. Thousands have been told to leave their homes before midday. Follow for live updates.
Western Victoria spent Wednesday evening in nervous limbo,awaiting the most dangerous bushfire conditions forecast since Black Saturday.
Two people sleeping behind a factory have died after a deliberately lit fire spread from a neighbouring shop in what police believe was a targeted attack.
Australia’s oldest continuously operating Chinese temple has been damaged after a fire broke out at the South Melbourne place of worship on Saturday night.
Arsonists attacked two tobacconists in Ballarat on Thursday morning,hours before police announced two men had been charged in a separate matter relating to a Craigieburn shop.
A frail man has pleaded guilty to deliberately lighting a fire that engulfed a Sydney house with two teenagers inside.
About 20 properties are reported to have been wiped out by the blaze,but on Wednesday afternoon many residents of Pomonal were still in the dark about whether their homes had survived.