At least five fire-tenders were deployed to battle the blaze even as thick clouds of smoke billowed out of the upper two floors.
Hundreds of fires across Victoria, NSW and other parts, fuelled by soaring temperatures and strong winds, have firefighters battling to save lives and property
Total 35 fire tenders are working and the rescue operations are underway, officials said.
Saturday is shaping as of most concern, when another heatwave is expected to sweep across the country and create dangerous fire conditions
Visitors are being warned to leave before Saturday, which is forecast to bring gusting winds and temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius
More than 100,000 fireworks will light up the skyline for 12 minutes to about one million spectators who usually crowd foreshores and parks
Thousands of holidaymakers and locals were forced to flee to beaches in fire-ravaged southeast Australia Tuesday, as blazes ripped through popular tourist areas leaving no escape by land. Four thousand people were trapped on the foreshore of the town of Mallacoota and many others sought refuge on beaches in fire-encircled seaside towns up and down a 200-kilometre (135-mile) strip of coast. Some residents with boats even took to the sea, hoping for refuge from one the worst days yet in Australia's months-long bushfire crisis. Dozens of properties were feared to have been destroyed since late Monday and at least seven people were unaccounted for in New South Wales and Victoria states as flames reached well-populated towns like Batemans Bay. In some places the blazes were so intense, the smoke so thick and the fire-provoked dry lightning storms so severe that aerial reconnaissance and waterbombing had to be halted, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service said. In Mallacoota, smoke tur
The fire has been doused and the injured have been admitted to a hospital.
Some 100 fires have been burning for weeks in Australia's New South Wales, with half of those uncontained
The mega fire north of Sydney, Australia's largest city, was created on Friday when several fires merged and was now burning across 335,000 hectares
Online videos showed a massive blaze on the horizon, with the apparent sound of gunfire in the background
The Uran plant processes nearly half of the crude oil that ONGC sells to refineries and 12% of its natural gas sales
The blaze erupted around 7 am in the gas processing plant of the ONGC located in Uran area of neighbouring Navi Mumbai
Five Conception crew members were awake and jumped into the water when flames burst out around 3:15 am
Former finance minister Arun Jaitley is admitted at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the cardio-neuro centre, housed in a different building in the complex
Delhi Minister Satyendra Jain said that strict action would be taken against those found guilty. The district magistrate has ordered an enquiry
The blaze escalated due to blast in LPG cylinders
No particular reason could be ascertained as to how the spark originated
As per reports 33 fire tenders that were pressed doused the inferno and the situation is under control
A short circuit in the oven was believed to have caused the fire