Now playing Next Australia Australia calls up 3,000 reservists as 'terrible' wildfires worsen Prime Minister Scott Morrison said 23 people have now died in the wildfires so far this summer. 04/01/2020
Now playing Next no comment Terrifying moment as Australian firefighters drive through flames The footage was recorded as the flames moved in on the Australian firefighters. 31/12/2019
Now playing Next no comment Unprecedented wildfires continue to rage in Australia A giant wall of smoke and flames hovers over the Melbourne suburb of Cranbourne, as Australia endures one of the worst days of its months-long bushfire crisis. 31/12/2019
Now playing Next no comment 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. 30/12/2019
Now playing Next World 'Our crews are fatigued," says Victoria fire chief Heat-related illnesses are depleting crews across southern Australia. 27/12/2019
Now playing Next no comment 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. 25/12/2019
Now playing Next 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. 21/12/2019
Now playing Next 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. 07/12/2019
Now playing Next no comment 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. 13/11/2019
Now playing Next no comment 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 05/11/2019
Now playing Next 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. 05/11/2019
Now playing Next 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." 29/10/2019
Now playing Next Italy Turin firefighters handle blaze at UNESCO site Cavallerizza Reale A portion of the roof collapsed after catching fire, firefighters said on Twitter. 21/10/2019
Now playing Next no comment 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. 09/10/2019
Now playing Next 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. 26/09/2019
Now playing Next world news What is the 'Tetris challenge'? Fire, ambulance and police departments from across Europe have got involved. 20/09/2019
Now playing Next 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 09/09/2019
Now playing Next no comment 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. 21/07/2019
Now playing Next Russia Enormous fire engulfs electricity plant in Moscow region Firefighters are battling an enormous fire that has engulfed an electricity power station in Mytishchi. 11/07/2019
Now playing Next 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. 22/06/2019