Posts Tagged ‘Emergency Evacuation’
Dalby State School bounces back after fire
Education Minister Grace Grace has officially opened a $7.04 million learning and music block at Dalby State School, two years after fire destroyed a 156-year-old heritage-listed building. Ms Grace joined the local Dalby community in today’s special ceremony, highlighting the school and community spirit during the rebuilding process. “On April 24 2017, a blaze gutted…
Read MoreSmoke alarm compliance mistake
As the days grow shorter and the nights grow colder, proactive investors are updating their smoke alarms to fit new compliance legislation, but one mistake can cost them thousands. As the days grow shorter and the nights grow colder the dropping temperature serves as a prudent reminder to investors to make sure their rental properties…
Read MoreArson charges laid after Gold Coast house fire
A woman has been charged after a house fire in Currumbin Valley yesterday. It broke out around 4.00am, at a house on Tomewin Mountain Road. A man and a woman – both aged 61 – were able to escape the blaze, which destroyed the home and an attached cabin. The man suffered burns to his…
Read MoreFamily’s frantic search for daughter after Gold Coast house fire
Gold Coast parents have spent 4½ hours searching for their missing daughter after their house and cabin were engulfed by fire on Tuesday. Fire crews raced to the Tomewin Mountain Road residence in Currumbin Valley just after 4am, with seven units responding to the large fire. The smouldering remnants of the Currumbin Valley house and…
Read MoreHouse destroyed in early morning fire on Western Downs
A HOUSE has been destroyed in an early morning fire in a Western Downs town. The first Queensland Fire and Emergency Services crew arrived at the Mitchell property within three minutes of receiving a 000 call at 1.17am. Despite the swift response, firefighters were unable to save the Alice St property reported as being well-involved…
Read MoreFire guts Paris’ Notre Dame but structure saved from destruction
Paris: A massive fire consumed Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday, gutting and destroying the roof of the Paris landmark and stunning France and the world, but firefighters said they had saved the shell of the stone structure from collapse. Flames that began in the early evening burst rapidly through the roof of the centuries-old cathedral…
Read MoreWorkers evacuated, smoke spreads from large industrial fire
FIREFIGHTERS have rushed to a Coolum Beach business where a yard full of cardboard is on fire. A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said multiple crews were responding to Carters Transport on Quanda Rd, and would likely be battling the blaze for some time. He said an estimated 100 tonnes of cardboard was alight,…
Read MoreHouse fire forces authorities to close street
UPDATE, 4pm: THE fire which claimed a house on May St was extinguished this afternoon, but the street will remain in a lockdown today until forensic investigators arrive to determine the cause of the fire. While the fire is not considered to be suspicious, the easternmost end of May St will be closed to all…
Read MoreBrisbane’s Port Office Hotel burns after fire starts in kitchen
A Heritage-listed Brisbane pub has been saved from major structural damage after a fire started in the kitchen and spread into the roof. The fire started in the kitchen of the Port Office Hotel, on the corner of Edward and Margaret street in the CBD, about 12.10pm, a Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said.…
Read MoreExotic fish killed in pet shop break in and fire in Sydney’s west
Exotic fish worth thousands of dollars were killed when a suspicious fire ripped through a pet shop in Sydney’s west on Monday, police say. Just before 10pm, fire crews were called to the business at Emu Plains and took around half an hour to extinguish the blaze, a Fire and Rescue NSW spokeswoman said. Police said the…
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