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The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Revealed: Several fire-destroyed Wennington homes were uninsured

Havering Council’s chief executive said the authority ‘will continue to do all we can to help’

Evening Standard

Out-of-control bushfire burning more than 15,000ha continues to spread near Hill End, NSW

Possibly hundreds more properties under threat over coming days by bushfire in NSW Central West.

ABC News

London Fire Brigade brings in new equipment to tackle summer wildfires

Emergency services were caught by surprise last summer when the devastating fire at Wennington leapt across a two-lane road from one side to the other

Evening Standard

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Tambaroora bushfire in NSW Central West upgraded to emergency level, homes damaged

Homes damaged and farm infrastructure lost as people are told to seek shelter from a massive blaze in the NSW Central West, which has been upgraded to emergency level.

ABC News

NSW heatwave breaks after city swelters

A heatwave that saw Sydney swelter through its hottest March days in years has broken, with temperatures to ease throughout the remainder of the week.

AAP

Councillors voice concerns over return of devastating wildfires in Gateshead

Councillors worry low rainfall and climate change may contribute to more wildfires later this year

Chronicle Live

Hot, windy conditions drive up NSW fire danger again before Wednesday’s cool change

Heatwave continues along the coast and extreme fire danger forecast inland as windy weather picks up

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Heatwave conditions continue in NSW

Sweltering conditions continue across NSW with a heatwave bringing more hot and windy weather and sending the mercury back into the mid-30s.

The New Daily

The West's iconic forests are increasingly struggling to recover from wildfires – altering how fires burn could boost their chances

Wildfires and severe drought are killing trees at an alarming rate across the West, and forests are struggling to recover as the planet warms. However, new research shows there are ways to improve forests’ chances of recovery – by altering how wildfires burn.

The Conversation

Heatwave continues as NSW keeps sweating on cool change

Sweltering conditions are continuing across NSW, with a heatwave bringing more hot and windy weather, sending the mercury back into the mid-30s.

AAP

Properties under fire as state faces ‘greatest risk since Black Summer’

Firefighters battled to save properties overnight in regional NSW amid the state's greatest bushfire risk since the deadly Black Summer bushfires.

The New Daily

Tambaroora fire in NSW central west upgraded to emergency alert as winds and temperatures increase

Hot and windy conditions add to firefighters' struggles as fire spreads in rugged terrain near Bathurst, with more than 3,100 hectares burnt since Sunday.

ABC News

Sydney swelters through hottest day in two years amid NSW heatwave

High fire danger expected for prolonged period across state in first time since black summer bushfires, RFS says

The Guardian - AU

Properties under threat as emergency alert level bushfire spreads amid punishing NSW heatwave

While one fire has been downgraded from emergency level, the heightened risk is expected to remain this evening for a fire that has burnt through 635ha near Bathurst.

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The New Daily

Temperatures soar as heatwave hits NSW

A severe heatwave warning has been issued for parts of NSW, with extremely hot and dry conditions raising the risk of bushfires.

Newcastle Herald

Total fire ban as heatwave hits the Hunter: temps to reach 39 degrees

The Greater Hunter including Cessnock, Dungog, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Muswellbrook, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Singleton and the Upper Hunter has been placed under an extreme fire rating.

AAP

Hotter than summer: Mercury soars in NSW heatwave

Sydney baked through its hottest day in two years while bushfires in NSW's west sparked emergency warnings for two communities.

Nottingham Post

Police investigation launched after Nottinghamshire house fire

Four crews were in attendance

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Schools close amid heatwave warning for NSW with temperatures set to exceed 40°C in some areas

Around 30 schools are closed in New South Wales with temperatures set to reach well into the 30s, and more than 40 degrees Celsius in some areas, in heatwave conditions expected to last up to several days.

The Canberra Times

Total fire ban surrounds the ACT; dry autumn raises grassfire risk

NSW Rural Fire Service declares total fire ban in Queanbeyan-Palerang and Goulburn

ABC News

Six-hour mine rescue in Central Victoria after underground fire

It took six hours to rescue workers from an underground refuge after a fire broke out at the Augusta Mine in Costerfield.

Daily Record

Huge blaze in Edinburgh as flames engulf children's play park

Scottish Fire Service crews rushed to Restalrig Park after receiving reports of a massive blaze at 1.30pm.

Manchester Evening News

Ex-firefighter is getting kids back into fire stations after Covid layoff

“I have seen the devastating results of fires many times over a long career"

The Conversation

Extreme wildfires are turning the world's largest forest ecosystem from carbon sink into net-emitter

The vast boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere stretch from Scandinavia through Siberia, Alaska and Canada. They cover a tenth of the world’s land but hold one-third of the land’s carbon, stored mainly in organic-rich soils and in trees. Now, a new study in the journal Science provides further evidence…

The Independent UK

Carbon emissions from boreal forest fires rose in 2021

Smoke from wildfires that burned frosty, northern forests of North America and Eurasia in 2021 contributed the most to global fire carbon emissions since 2000, according to a new study

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