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Firefighters have returned to the recycling plant at Pialligo to respond to a small fire. The fire is 5m by 6m and located in the same pile that crews attended to...

The recycling fire at Pialligo has been extinguished. Firefighters monitored hot spots overnight. Several crews will be on site today dismantling and cleaning equipment...

Firefighters are mopping up final hot spots in the recycling pile. Today, ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Rural Fire Service crews continued to separate the material and...

Crews are continuing to extinguish the fire which is now approximately one quarter of its original size. Resource levels on scene remain the aame as they were last night...

Firefighters will work throughout the night to extinguish the recycling fire at Pialligo. It is expected the same level of resources from ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT...

The fire has been contained by firefighters by breaking up the pile using heavy machinery. The fire remains 40x40m in size but has reduced in height to 1.5m. A total of...

The smoke was caused by a mechanical failure in an air conditioning system. Contractors have been called-in and are dealing with the issue.

ACT Fire & Rescue is investigating reports of smoke in the diagnostics area of The Canberra Hospital. Firefighters were alerted to the incident at 3.04pm and...

Fire crews are working to contain then extinguish the fire using water and foam while heavy machinery reduce the size of the pile. Additional heavy earthmoving equipment...

A total of ten units from ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Rural Fire Service are now on scene. The fire is an estimated 40 metres by 40 metres in diameter and three metres...