Two fires in Brisbane’s south are causing smoke to blanket the city, reducing visibility. Firefighters were called to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighters warned millions of Australians of "catastrophic" bushfire dangers as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a ...

Authorities have issued an urgent alert for people in the vicinity of a bushfire in southeast Queensland. The Queensland Fire Department (QFD) warned those near Dunwich Airport on North Stradbroke ...

By Renju Jose and Christine Chen SYDNEY, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A major heatwave across Australia's southeast stoked bushfires, forced hundreds of residents in rural towns to evacuate and brought ...

Some of the world's most destructive bushfires take place in the southern state. Its unique mix of fierce winds, high fuel loads and rugged terrain are to blame.

Towns in Victoria have been evacuated and thousands remain without power as out-of-control bushfires and a blistering ...

Bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in southeast Australia on Friday, firefighters said, as hot winds fanned "hectic" conditions in the tinder-dry countryside. Temperatures ...