Update four - Tunnel collapse

ACTION service disruptions have been identified as: Route 81 which services the National Zoo and Aquarium, National Arboretum, Black Mountain Tower and the Australian...

Update three - Tunnel collapse

Air quality tests are currently being conducted in the Acton Tunnel to confirm whether any of the small amount of bonded asbestos struck in the accident has been...

Update two - Tunnel collapse

Canberra residents are being urged to start planning their travel home this afternoon following the partial tunnel collapse on Parkes Way this morning. Parkes Way is...

Update - Tunnel collapse

Engineers are on site assessing the structural integrity of the bridge. An asbestos risk is being managed. It appears bonded asbestos is in the tiles that are on the...

Tunnel collapse

Part of the Acton Tunnel on Parkes Way in Acton has collapsed. An excavator on the back of a loader entered the tunnel and ripped 60 metres off the top. No one has been...

Diesel spill

Around 80 litres of diesel fuel has leaked from a semi trailer in Fyshwick. ACT Fire & Rescue was called to a car park on Pirie Street around 5am. Firefighters have...

Hazard reduction burn

A hazard reduction burn will be completed this evening at the rear of the National Zoo, starting about 5pm. Firefighters will remain on site until the fire has been...

Update - two car crash

Two people have been taken to The Canberra Hospital with minor injuries after a crash in Isabella Plains. Two were trapped, not one as previously stated. The doors of...

Two car crash

ACT paramedics and firefighters are working to remove a woman trapped in her car after a two car crash in Isabella Plains. Crews were called to Hurtle Avenue and...