ACT Rural Fire Service (ACTRFS) will deploy 34 personnel to assist the QLD Fire and Emergency Services (QLDFES) with major bushfires after an official request from the NSW Rural Fire Service (NSWRFS).

The electrical threat has been isolated. Summerland Circuit in Kambah has been reopened. Evoenergy are aware of third-party damage to powerlines and telecommunication lines.

A partial road closure is currently in place on Summerland Circuit, Kambah, following a road incident that brought powerlines down.

A partial road closure is currently in place on Summerland Circuit, Kambah, following a road incident that brought powerlines down.

ACT Fire and Rescue were alerted to a fire in a multi-tenanted business complex on Napier Close, Deakin, at 7:41am this morning.

[media-alert type="image" id=29908][media-alert type="image" id=29909]More than 200 people have been evacuated from the Vibe Hotel at the Canberra Airport following a fire in the hotel's kitchen.

The haze currently visible across the ACT is caused by dust from inland Australia and can be expected to continue into the weekend.

Hundreds of people evacuated from a building on the corner of Narellan and Genge Street, Canberra City, following a small fire in a bar fridge.

At 5:09pm the Communication Centre received a E000 phone call to a house fire in Peron Place, Banks.

Drakeford Drive has been closed south-bound at the Isabella Drive intersection.