Tag: fire
Shoppers get more than they bargained for at city supermarket
STEAM from a chicken cooker resulted in the evacuation of Woolworths yesterday after fire alarms were triggered inside the supermarket.
Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) crews...
Regional fire units respond to blaze at Monbulla
THE cause of a fire which burnt 170 hectares near Mount Burr Road at Monbulla has yet to be determined, emergency personnel say.
Around 13...
COMMENT: Eastern fires a warning to create survival plan
IT has been 36 years since the Ash Wednesday fires in South Australia.
The biggest bushfire before that in our district was in 1956.
With fires...
Forestry company prepares for worst as temperature soars
THE region's largest integrated forestry company was on high alert yesterday as the mercury climbed to a sizzling 34 degrees, which was the hottest...
Safety reassured over ‘dangerous’ hospital cladding
THE State Government has reassured the community over the safety of the Mount Gambier Hospital amid concerns its cladding could be potentially inflammable.
This follows...
South East volunteers fight Queensland fires
A TRIO of Country Fire Service volunteers have returned safely to the South East after fighting fires in Queensland over three days in harrowing...
Man hospitalised as result of house fire
A SOUTH East man suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation was taken to hospital by ambulance after his Millicent home was gutted by...
Fire crews extinguish rubbish truck blaze
RECYCLABLES in the hopper of a council rubbish truck caught fire Thursday morning forcing the driver to return to the depot and call the...
Police suspect arson in $500,00 Nangwarry fire
A SUSPICIOUS fire engulfed the Nangwarry Football Club's clubrooms on Wednesday night, completely destroying the building and all the memorabilia housed inside.
Around 35 Country...
Saints gutted
NANGWARRY Football Netball Club members have vowed to carry-on, despite a suspicious fire destroying their clubrooms overnight Wednesday.
Despite not winning an A Grade game...
Carpenter Rocks fire contained
FAVOURABLE weather conditions and a swift response from local firefighters prevented a grass fire from becoming a major emergency incident at Carpenter Rocks on...
Fire destroys newspaper office
MOUNT Gambier criminal and fire cause investigators have pored over a historic building in Bordertown after fire swept through the premises late last week.[…]
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Top performances in the ring
THE 41st annual Mount Gambier Easter Showjumping Carnival was deemed a great success.
Attracting a strong field, there was action aplenty in the two arenas...
