Fires

There are concerns a blaze which destroyed parts of an agricultural supplies warehouse may stretch fertiliser and chemical supplies thin for farmers across Western Australia ahead of the seeding season.

A factory fire in Perth's heavy industrial complex has seen a toxic smoke warning issued for more than 40,000 people living in nearby suburbs.

The cause of a fire that destroyed a wind turbine north of Adelaide today is set to be investigated, with the cost of the damage estimated at $2.2 million.

The closure of the Russell Vale mine in Wollongong prompts calls for miners to be given better re-employment options.

South Australian Police believe a fire in Adelaide's south-western suburb overnight that destroyed a food support charity was deliberately lit. 

At least 46 people have been killed by wildfires in Chile with the death toll expected to rise.

A vehicle loaded with gas explodes, setting off an inferno which burned homes and warehouses in Kenya's capital Nairobi.

Authorities believe the inferno was caused by the explosion of a truck filled with gas cylinders.

Firefighters say the store was well alight when they arrived at the scene.

It is believed Garry Mallen suffered a medical episode about 8:30am while at the fire scene in Portland, Victoria.

A woman dies but her two children are saved by a neighbour smashing a window as a blaze guts a house in Roleystone in Perth's south-east, with police saying the fire is not suspicious.

The NSW Rural Fire Service says the trial is an opportunity to improve its relationship with farmers and share resources and responsibilities.

Eric Bell said the cause of the blaze is still under investigation but there's a possibility it was caused by lithium-ion batteries, which he said have been involved in several recent fires.

A fire bomber drops fire fighting retardant on a fire on the north coast.

Shinji Aoba stormed into Kyoto Animation and set it on fire, killing 36 people and leaving more than 30 others burned and injured because he thought the famous anime studio had ripped off some of his work.

A deadly building fire in Johannesburg that killed 76 last year was started by a man trying to dispose of the body of someone he had strangled on the orders of a drug dealer.

Last dry season two large blazes burned through tens of thousands of hectares of pristine landscape surrounding Lake Argyle in the Kimberley. There's concern the fires have put more pressure on important habitat for the endangered Gouldian finch. Locals believe both fires started from unattended campfires.

Thirteen schoolchildren die in a dormitory fire in central China's Henan province, Chinese state media reports.

Police believe a "substance" was thrown at a home in Melbourne's inner north overnight, causing minor fire damage to the house.

A fire breaks out inside a North Bondi apartment due to a faulty lithium-ion battery, forcing 18 tenants to quickly evacuate the complex.

Police release CCTV footage of two men they wish to speak to about a suspicious school fire in Geelong that caused an estimated $4 million in damage.

As "extreme smoke episodes" increase, a study of smoke-exposed babies born during the 2014 Hazelwood coal mine fire is helping fill the gaps in our knowledge about the impacts of air pollution.

Investigations are underway whether an e-scooter sparked a blaze that killed an elderly man at a retirement village in Adelaide's north east.

A summer storm has pummelled WA's Wheatbelt and eastern parts of Perth, with Western Power warning it could take days to restore services to all affected customers. 

The man who died in an inferno at an Adelaide retirement village overnight has been identified as 83-year-old Trevor Fielden, with the site's operator saying the blaze was likely sparked by a mobility scooter battery that was left charging overnight.