A government official says the death toll from Australia’s worst wildfire disaster has risen to 108. Authorities counted more victims overnight Monday as they reached further into a huge zone scorched by blazes that ripped across Victoria state at the …
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Australia fires rage with 25 dead
Australian emergency crews are stepping up their efforts to tackle wildfires that have ripped through the state of Victoria, killing 25 people. About 30,000 firefighters are battling nine major fires, and the authorities say they expect more fatalities. Victoria Premier …
Plane crash survivor in stable condition
The 38-year-old pilot of a Christmas Eve light plane crash in Northern New south Wales is recovering in hospital. The wreckage of the single-engine Cessna was found on Christmas Day, upside down in trees north-west of Merriwa in the Great …
Plane crash survivor ‘devastated’
A pilot who survived a light plane crash on Christmas eve is “devastated” that his brother-in-law died in the accident, family say. Matthew Green, 32, a NSW builder, was killed when the plane in which he was a passenger crashed …
Two women dead after planes collide over Sydney
A trip to see Santa saved a mother and baby who would otherwise have been home when two training flights collided, sending a plane crashing into the family’s new Sydney house, killing two female pilots.