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After a decade of violence, Melbourne’s most notorious nightclub may have met a fiery end
Melbourne nightclub Love Machine, renowned for its history of violence, has been gutted by what police suspect was a deliberately lit fire.
- Isabel McMillan, Cameron Houston and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Williamstown ice-cream shop gutted by fire in second suspicious blaze
An ice-cream store has again been targeted by arsonists – the sixth suspicious fire on a main shopping strip in the suburb in past few years.
- Ashleigh McMillan and Roy Ward
Firefighter forced to pay for fire truck fuel from their own pocket
The incident comes amid skyrocketing petrol costs and a cost-of-living crisis.
- Benjamin Preiss
Fire forces ‘temporary’ closure of beloved Midland pub
Firefighters received multiple triple-zero calls at 7.33pm reporting flames coming from the second story of the 121-year-old building.
- Hamish Hastie
‘I didn’t expect the fire to run like it did,’ father of dead boy tells inquest
The father of two boys burnt in a fatal house fire has denied lighting it to “teach them a lesson” about their messy bedroom.
- Cloe Read
Fire south of the city shrouds Brisbane in smoke
One Queensland Fire Department crew was on the scene of the fire, burning in grassy parkland popular with morning runners and dog walkers.
- Julius Dennis
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Suspicious fire at Homebush Theatre being investigated
A crime scene has been established after the overnight blaze. It comes days after the Herald revealed the full extent of damage to the abandoned building.
- Ellie Busby
Great Ocean Road towns under threat; Victoria braces for record heat
Residents have been told to get out of the Otways danger zone, before a day of extreme heat that has triggered a statewide total fire ban.
- Alexander Darling and Cassandra Morgan
‘It’s the loss of a meeting place’: Beloved scout camp reduced to ashes
A bushland camp in central Victoria where generations of young people explored their adventurous spirit has been destroyed by the giant Longwood bushfire.
- Noel Towell
Allan facing bush revolt, One Nation challengers as farmers and fireys fume
One Nation recruit Barnaby Joyce is to meet with angry farmers and volunteer firefighters in the aftermath of Victoria’s bushfires.
- Chip Le Grand, Rachel Eddie, Angus Delaney and Kieran Rooney