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Sixty three residents at a nursing home on Archibald Street, Lyneham had to be evacuated this morning after a gas main was damaged by workers.
ACT Fire & Rescue were...
Around 230 students have been evacuated from Kaleen High School in Kaleen because of a fire.
ACT Fire & Rescue attended the school on Baldwin Drive around 1pm.
The...
It is not believed anyone was home at the time of the incident.
The cause is deemed to be suspicious.
Operations have been scaled back but several firefighters remain on...
The house is fully engulfed and part of the roof has collapsed.
Firefighters are working to contain the fire.
ACT Fire & Rescue has three pumpers, the breathing...
Firefighters have now left the scene.
The substance could not be identified and EPA will conduct further investigations.
Roads ACT are now cleaning up the area.
ACT Fire & Rescue and the Environment Protection Authority are testing samples of an unidentified substance spilling from a drain in Barton.
Firefighters were...
Further inspection of the home in Kambah after the fire was put out has revealed more damage.
The fire in the bedroom also got in to the roof space and the damage bill...
The fire has been extinguished.
The fire is believed to have started in the bedroom, with damage isolated and smoke filling the rest of the home.
Three children were...