An ex-fire chief found SA's Metropolitan Fire Service risks being "completely dysfunctional" due to below-minimum training and facilities, according to Freedom of Information documents.

The residents of Canberra might know a little about what Los Angeles is going through. Exactly 22 years ago, a wildfire became a devastating urban fire in the Australian capital. On Jan. 18, 2003, ...

Right now, hundreds of bushfires are burning across northern Australia. But this is not a wildfire catastrophe – in fact, these burns are making things safer in one of the most fire-prone landscapes ...