The historic women’s hat factory that was destroyed in a devastating Sydney CBD fire had fallen into disrepair in recent years, before it was due to be developed into a hotel. The RC Henderson factory was the home of women’s felt hats in Australia for decades, but had been vandalised with graffiti and filled with … [Read more…]
/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/4L2PWDNZU5DWZHTPUB7BYPAYVQ.jpg "SH2 traffic: Motorists trying to beat Ōmokoroa to Tauranga congestion under fire")
Western Bay councillor Don Thwaites on Snodgrass Rd with SH2 behind him. Photo / Alex Cairns Motorists using rural roads off jammed State Highway 2 to beat traffic have been blasted by an outspoken councillor who believes using the nickname “rat runners” for them is unfair to rats. Western Bay District councillor Don Thwaites believed … [Read more…]
/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/M4YGPGM2S5DHBJLJZDYV65KKLQ.jpeg "Extreme fire: Scientists trigger rare ‘fire devil’ near Twizel in world-first experiment")
They’re nicknamed fire devils – and they’re one of the most dangerous and dramatic features of an extreme fire threat rising each year under climate change. In a world-first, an international team of scientists just managed to create some amid a burning pile of forestry slash in Canterbury – yielding invaluable new data that could … [Read more…]
By Jade Hobman For Daily Mail Australia 06:52 19 May 2023, updated 07:05 19 May 2023 Laptop caught fire at school at Oxenford on Gold Coast, Qld Two taken to Gold Coast Hospital as precautionary measure Two people have been hospitalised after a laptop battery caught on fire at a school in Oxenford on the … [Read more…]
By Danyal Hussain and Jade Hobman For Daily Mail Australia 15:49 13 May 2023, updated 16:22 13 May 2023 Pet owner relieved after rabbits were rescued His house became engulfed in flames His ‘babies’ survived the huge fire A man whose home was engulfed by a huge fire has fought back tears of relief after … [Read more…]
Firefighters and police ran fire extinguishers along a railroad to reach a brush fire after someone reported an explosion Thursday evening, May 11, near a North Albany grocery store. Responders blamed a transient camp for a fire near the 900 block of Troon Street Northwest, just off a set of rail tracks near North Albany … [Read more…]