ACT Fire & Rescue is currently on scene at a gas leak on Knaggs Crescent in Page.
The road is closed.
The community is advised to avoid the area while the scene is made safe.
The area has been made safe and firefighters have now left the scene.
No occupiable structures were damaged.
Springvale Drive has been reopened to the public.
A powerline has fallen down and caused a fire to break out in the backyard of a residence on Springvale Drive, Weetangera.
ACT Fire & Rescue crews are on scene.
A strike team made up of 16 ACT Rural Fire Service volunteers and two ACT Ambulance Service paramedics have just left the ACT to assist the NSW Rural Fire Service overnight at the Currowan bushfire
Wind predictions show smoke entering Canberra from the south east at around 4 pm this afternoon.
ACT Emergency Services Commissioner Georgeina Whelan has declared a Total Fire Ban for the whole of the ACT under Section 114 of the Emergencies Act 2004 for the duration of Thursday 19 December, F
The ACT Emergency Services Agency would like to reassure the community that the visible smoke across Canberra is from bushfires burning in NSW.
ACT Fire & Rescue crews are currently working to extinguish a rubbish fire on the corner of Tom Bass Terrace and Unwin Street in Weston.
Part of the road is blocked.
ACT Fire & Rescue are on scene at a small fire at the recycling facility at Mugga Lane in Hume.
Crews are in attendance with two pumpers and a number of appliances on site.
The earlier grassfire at Kitchener Street, Phillip is now under control.
ACT Fire & Rescue will remain in attendance to conduct mop up activities and ensure the area is safe.
