Farmers say hike to fire tax would be unfair on 'everyday Victorians'
By Angus Verley and Andrew Kelso
Legislation to replace Victoria's Fire Services Levy with an expanded tax could be voted through by the Legislative Council today, but farmers are calling for it to be blocked.
Systemic Drivers of Electric-Grid-Caused Catastrophic Wildfires - Implications for Resilience in the United States
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Breaking: Fire at Malaysian gas pipeline injures dozens
A fire at a gas pipeline operated by Malaysian state energy firm Petronas has injured at least 33 people on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, local authorities say.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/malaysia-petronas-gas-pipeline-fire-injures-dozens/105123550
Silver Fire: Evacuations ordered as firefighters battle California blaze https://www.byteseu.com/882581/ #America #animals #CAStateWire #California #Climate #ClimateAndEnvironment #Evacuations #Fires #fish #GeneralNews #LosAngelesAreaWildfires #Nevada #U.S.News #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #Wildfires
North Macedonia appeals for calm as nightclub fire deaths trigger protests https://www.byteseu.com/876639/ #119902009 #Article #Corruption #Fires #GeneralNews #NorthMacedonia #Politics #ProtestsAndDemonstrations #WorldNews
Widespread violations exposed as North Macedonia mourns nightclub fire victims https://www.byteseu.com/876004/ #119938783 #Article #CopingWithGrief #Crime #Fires #FuneralsAndMemorialServices #GeneralNews #NaturalDisasters #NorthMacedonia #Politics #WorldNews
Protesters demanding greater accountability march in North Macedonia over deadly nightclub fire https://www.byteseu.com/875011/ #Fires #GeneralNews #MilenaJanevska #NorthMacedonia #Politics #ProtestsAndDemonstrations #WorldNews
Appeals court rules Trump can fire board members of independent labor agencies https://www.byteseu.com/874797/ #America #BarackObama #Courts #DCWire #DistrictOfColumbia #DonaldTrump #FederalReserveSystem #Fires #GeneralNews #GwynneWilcox #JoeBiden #JustinWalker #KarenLeCraftHenderson #NationalLaborRelationsBoard #PatriciaMillett #Politics #RudolphContreras #U.S.DepartmentOfJustice #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesGovernment #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #WashingtonNews
AP leads coverage of massive fire at nightclub in North Macedonia that killed dozens https://www.byteseu.com/873451/ #BreakingNews #Fires #LiveVideo #NorthMacedonia
Historic NSW school building destroyed by suspicious blaze
By Xanthe Gregory
More than 50 firefighters fought the blaze in Lismore for several hours. Police are set to investigate the cause.
At least 26 killed as fire crews struggle to contain South Korea wildfire https://www.byteseu.com/870194/ #Climate #ClimateAndEnvironment #Fires #GeneralNews #LeeHanKyung #NaturalDisasters #NorthKorea #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaGovernment #Wildfires #WorldNews
South Korea struggles to contain wildfires that have killed 28 | Nation & World https://www.byteseu.com/869879/ #ClimateAndEnvironment #Fires #GeneralNews #NaturalDisasters #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaWildfiresDead #Wildfires #WorldNews
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Wildfires in South Korea the deadliest in country's recorded history
At least 27 people have died and dozens of others have been injured by the blazes that continue to spread.
Air France passenger’s lost phone forces plane to return to airport mid-flight https://www.byteseu.com/868269/ #AirTravel #DramaticFlights #Fires #France #Lifestyle #paris #Smartphones #Travel
Electrical fire leaves country town without supermarket
By Rosemary Murphy and Samantha Goerling
Residents of a southern WA town are creating a makeshift supermarket in their town hall after their only option was taken out by fire.
Death toll rises in Korean wildfires as firefighters struggle to contain blaze
Multiple wildfires are raging across South Korea's south-eastern region, with thousands of firefighters aided by the military deployed in a bid to contain one of the country's worst forest fires in decades.
though wildfires move fast,
tape measures reassure us
we are safely far
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Wildfires in South Korea force thousands to evacuate, death toll climbs
Multiple wildfires are raging across South Korea's south-eastern region, with thousands of firefighters aided by the military deployed in a bid to contain one of the country's worst forest fires in decades.
Winemaker says crop destroyed by hazard reduction burn
By Brooke Chandler and Melinda James
Smoke from a hazard reduction burn in the NSW Southern Highlands allegedly destroys millions of dollars worth of wine grapes.
Greg Cocks 
