A three-year-old child has died and an adult injured after a house fire in Melbourne’s north on Monday afternoon. Firefighters arrived at 2.18pm to find the house fully engulfed in flames. Using breathing apparatuses, they searched inside the single-story brick home on Dorothy Street in Fawkner.

A young child has died and a man has been injured following a devastating house fire in Melbourne’s north. Emergency services responded to reports of a fire on Dorothy St in Fawkner after 2pm on Monday, with fire crews arriving to the house fully engulfed.

The authorities fear the blazes could burn for several weeks as a state of disaster remains in place across much of Victoria

Australian homes will accumulate 33 lithium batteries on average this year, making fire fighters and insurers nervous as battery-related fires caused by cheap gadgets spike.

For residents in southeastern Australia this week, understanding fire safety warnings are essential to stay safe.

A man has died and two others have been injured after an NDIS care home caught fire near Camden. The families of those missing after a deadly fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort are desperately waiting for news, but identifying the victims could take weeks.

The cost of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries is running at nearly three times those of normal house fires, a top insurer has revealed.

A disability support worker who was allegedly “negligent” in his role when a man died in a house fire in Sydney’s west nearly five years ago has been charged with manslaughter.