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Australian firefighters battle bushfires in suburban Melbourne

Firefighters were battling a bushfire in suburban Melbourne on Monday amid emergency warnings across the state of Victoria.

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'Our crews are fatigued," says Victoria fire chief

Heat-related illnesses are depleting crews across southern Australia.

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Australian firefighters tackle bushfires as heatwave briefly eases

A brief period of milder conditions are giving South Australia's Country Fire Service a chance at bringing a 25,000-hectare blaze to heel.

Australia

Australia's biggest forest fire ever rages on near Sydney

New South Wales where Sydney lies remains under a state of emergency as around 2000 firefighters struggle to limit around 100 wildfires. But there's no way to put them out completely, only rain could do that.

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Australia

Only rain will put out Australia's raging bushfires, fire chiefs say

A three-year drought has left much of the vast country tinder dry and in some areas, fire chiefs say they won't be able to put fires out without rain.

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Water-bombing helicopter crashes in wildfire-hit Australia

A water-bombing helicopter crashed in Australia as it was being used to battle a forest fire west of Brisbane.

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Nigeria: Dramatic pix of building fire in Lagos market area

A massive fire broke out at a shopping complex in the Nigerian city of Lagos on Tuesday The blaze engulfed the top section of a building in the popular Balogun Market

Nigeria

Huge fire engulfs market in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos

Goods were thrown out of windows to save stock while men on the roof of neighbouring buildings tried to put out the flames using buckets of water.

United Kingdom

Report blames fire brigade's "stay put" policy for loss of life

A leaked report into the Grenfell fire criticises the London Fire Brigade for its response to the blaze. It says fewer people would have died if the Brigade had not suffered "serious shortcomings."

Italy

Turin firefighters handle blaze at UNESCO site Cavallerizza Reale

A portion of the roof collapsed after catching fire, firefighters said on Twitter.

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Firefighters rescue boy dangling from fourth-floor window in China

In order to prevent him from falling, the rescuers quickly fastened a security rope around his chest, while residents from the building held out quilt below.

France

Black smoke unleashed by fire at French chemicals factory 'not toxic'

A large fire at a French chemicals factory in the northern city of Rouen has been completely extinguished, local authorities said, adding that there were no reported deaths at this stage.

World News

What is the 'Tetris challenge'?

Fire, ambulance and police departments from across Europe have got involved.

United Kingdom

Major blaze rips through block of flats in Worcester Park, London

Major blaze rips through block of flats in Worcester Park, southwest London

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Massive wildfire in Portugal

A massive fire stretching 25 km has been raging through the night between the central Portuguese boroughs of Vila de Rei and Mação.

Russia

Enormous fire engulfs electricity plant in Moscow region

Firefighters are battling an enormous fire that has engulfed an electricity power station in Mytishchi.

France

Three dead and one gravely injured in Paris' building fire

Three people died and one person is gravely injured after a building went up in flames in the early hours of Saturday morning in Paris' XIe arrondissement.

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Man clings onto ledge as building burns in Rome

A young man was forced to escape from his room and seek safety on a cornice when a fire ripped through his building in Rome.

Italy

Man clings to outer shelf as flames rage from his Rome room

A young man was forced to escape from his room and seek safety on a cornice when a fire ripped through his building in Rome on Wednesday.

Europe News

Increasing risk of cancer in the workplace

Trade unions demand that cancer be recognised as work related illness and calls on the European Union to maintain pressure on employers