When wildfires consume structures in urban areas, the health risks are much higher. The ash falling to the ground contains ...

The Los Angeles bushfires are “next level”, says Victorian ... to the Lane Cover River Valley in the north; and the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires that swept through South Australia and Victoria.

The bushfire fighting effort at Snug has shifted to creating containment lines to reduce the risk to property and critical assets, the TFS says.