Turning now to South Australia, a total fire ban is in place across five districts. The Country Fire Service is expecting extreme, hazardous fire weather and is urging residents to remain vigilant.

Smoke from bushfires raging in western Victoria has drifted over Adelaide and other parts of South Australia on Saturday morning.

South Australians are again waking up to the smell of smoke as it drifts over parts of Adelaide from bushfires in western Victoria.

Fire crews are facing tricky conditions amid extreme fire danger in Australia's south-east as residents swelter through the third day of a major heatwave. The hot and dry weather is impacting ...

SYDNEY-Australia’s south-east sweated in a heatwave that intensified on Jan 5, elevating bushfire risk and prompting the authorities to issue fire bans for more parts of Victoria state.

Temperatures are forecast to soar across South Australia and Victoria on ... it difficult for firefighters to suppress a fire should one start,” Country Fire Authority chief officer Jason ...