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Update two - Fire at the zoo

Firefighters are continuing to work on extinguishing the blaze which has impacted on a number of sheds used to store maintenance equipment. The on site hotel, bungalow...

Update - Fire at the zoo

Firefighters have arrived to find what they believe to be a maintenance shed alight. Three fire pumpers, two fire tankers, Bronto, breathing apparatus support crew and...

Fire at the zoo

ACT Fire & Rescue are responding to reports of a fire at the National Zoo and Aquarium. Update to follow.

Update - Carpark fire in Dickson

ACT Fire & Rescue have responded to the presence of smoke in a unit block carpark caused by a mechanical malfunction in a car filled with excess oil, not a fire as...

Carpark fire in Dickson

ACT Fire & Rescue is currently on the scene of a fire in the carpark of a block on units in Dickson. Crews were alerted to the incident on Dooring Street just after...

Smell of smoke being investigated in Greenway

ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Ambulance Service are currently on scene in Greenway investigating the smell of smoke in a building. Firefighters evacuated approximately...

Update - Crash on Isabella Drive

Two people have been transported to the Canberra Hospital by the ACT Ambulance Service for assessment. Both are in a stable condition. A man in his 50s, freed from the...

Crash on Isabella Drive

Firefighters are using hydraulic rescue tools to free a person trapped following a two car crash on Isabella Drive in Chisholm. The patient is trapped by confinement....

Incident at Mitchell Resource Management Centre

Firefighters are investigating a hazardous material incident at the Mitchell Resource Management Centre. A drum buried beneath a rubbish pile is believed to contain...