Get the appPolice are searching for a masked man after a house fire in Sydney's inner west. An 88-year-old woman was rescued from the balcony of the Abbotsford home, which was engulfed in flames about 4am on Tuesday. Four occupants were treated for smoke inhalation and are now in a stable condition. NSW Police believe the fire was deliberately lit, with a suspect seen spreading an accelerant before fleeing in a red Holden Astra.
Police are searching for a man in a balaclava after a suspected arson attack on a house in Abbotsford, in Sydney's inner west. Four people were taken to hospital. An 88-year-old woman was rescued by a 49-year-old man who climbed a ladder. A neighbour confronted the man while he was allegedly setting the house alight. Police believe he fled in a red Holden Astra and had suffered burns. About 40 firefighters attended the blaze, which spread to an adjoining house.
A man in a balaclava may have set himself on fire while torching a home in Sydney’s inner west, leaving four people hospitalised. Police believe the offender, who fled in a red Holden Astra, acted alone. A 49-year-old resident and police officers rescued an 88-year-old woman from the flames. The house on Weddle Ave was destroyed, and the hunt for the offender continues.
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Get the appA medical centre in Melbourne's north-west was extensively damaged by fire in a suspected arson attack early today. Police say offenders smashed a front window of the Shuter Street clinic in Moonee Ponds before using an accelerant and setting it alight just after 2am. About an hour earlier, two cars were set alight outside a Brighton home on Manor Street in what police describe as a suspected targeted attack. Police will investigate whether the two incidents are linked. An arson chemist will attend both scenes today, and anyone with information or dashcam footage is asked to contact CrimeStoppers.
Detectives are treating a fire that extensively damaged a shop in Flagstone as suspicious. Employees of a nearby business saw flames coming from the premises on Wild Mint Drive shortly after 10pm on Monday night and called emergency services. No one was inside, and no injuries were reported. The cause has not yet been determined, but the fire is believed to have been deliberately lit. Police are asking anyone in the area near Wild Mint Drive and Homestead Drive around that time to come forward.
Adelaide businessman Rob Cammarano says organised crime figures are trying to force him out of Career Boss, a labour-hire firm recruiting workers for the $15.4 billion Torrens to Darlington project. He says his home was shot at and his businesses were targeted in arson attacks. Police taskforce Operation Endurance is investigating, with detectives believing those responsible took direction from senior underworld figures. The allegations were referred to the project team, which found no evidence of criminal involvement. The state's anti-corruption commission will evaluate the Infrastructure and Transport Department.
Police say they do not believe there will be a retaliatory attack after a drive-by shooting outside a pub south of Brisbane left four people injured. Two masked men opened fire on a crowd at a boxing night at Fitzys on Bryants Road at Loganholme on Saturday. A 19-year-old woman from Jimboomba is in a critical condition, while three men are stable after surgery. Chief Superintendent Mel Adams said the attack was not targeted but was not random, and police are asking the community for information. The hunt for the offenders continues.
Police are investigating a house fire in Caboolture that initial inquiries suggest was deliberately lit. Officers driving along King Street around 12.30am saw smoke coming from a home. They entered the property and helped a woman in her 30s, the only occupant, to safety. Police then put out the fire before it could spread. The woman was not injured. Anyone who was in King Street around 12.15am and saw anything unusual is asked to contact police.
Police have charged a second man over an alleged arson at a two-storey home on Ullapool Road in Mount Pleasant. The 43-year-old was arrested in Willetton on Saturday, October 24, and charged with criminal damage by fire. Police also laid drug and unlawful weapon possession charges after a search of the residence. He is the second person charged over the alleged blaze, after Matthew Manfredi-Tarpey was arrested hours after the fire on Wednesday. Red graffiti on the driveway read: pay your debt dog.
German police say they have detained a suspect after a fire broke out at Adolf Hitler's mountain retreat, known as the Eagle's Nest, in Bavaria. Around 200 firefighters tackled the blaze at the remote Kehlsteinhaus residence, which sits at 1,834 metres. Nobody was injured, and no inside occupants were found. Police said the building was completely ablaze when crews arrived. The fire was reportedly suspected to be arson, though no cause has been officially confirmed. The investigation is ongoing.
Police have charged a 15-year-old boy from Hume with arson over an incident in Taylors Hill in which two cars were allegedly set alight. Police allege the teen coordinated the attack on Woolwich Street in early October. A 13-year-old boy found nearby with severe burns was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Police believe he was fleeing in a stolen car when it crashed into bushes. The 15-year-old was bailed to face a children's court at a later date. Three other teens were arrested earlier during search warrants in the Merri-bek and Hume areas.
Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a grocery store in Deer Park overnight. It is understood unknown offenders entered the business on Ballarat Road just before 1.35am. No one was inside, but a witness needed medical treatment at the scene for smoke inhalation. Fire Rescue Victoria said the fire was under control by 2.21am, and five nearby buildings suffered smoke damage. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Northern Territory Police are asking for information about an alleged arson at the Bundilla Beach public toilets on Thursday, 1 October 2026. Firefighters found a wheelie bin alight inside a toilet cubicle, and the fire spread through the amenities block. Darwin City Council reviewed CCTV footage showing five male youths allegedly setting the bin alight after moving it into the toilets around 12:50am. The youths were then picked up in a white Toyota Kluger. Property damage was initially estimated at about $230,000.
A multimillion-dollar home in Mount Pleasant, Perth, was engulfed in flames overnight. Police are investigating the blaze as a possible arson attack. The words pay your debt dog were graffitied on the driveway. Fire crews attended about 3.20am on Wednesday and took around an hour to put out the fire, which caused part of the roof to collapse. No one was injured. Later in the day, a 25-year-old man was arrested and charged with criminal damage by fire.
A multimillion-dollar house in Mount Pleasant, in Perth's south, has been destroyed by a fire that police describe as suspicious. The blaze broke out on Ullapool Road at about 3.10am on Wednesday. Nine firefighting crews stopped it spreading to nearby homes. Fire authorities said the top floor and about half the bottom floor were destroyed. Graffiti reading "Pay your debt dog" was sprayed on the driveway. Police say the cause is undetermined, and no one was injured. Anyone with information, CCTV or vision of the fire is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
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Get the appA 28-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to arson over a fire at the Spencer Clinic, a mental health unit at the North West Regional Hospital in Burnie. She appeared by video link from prison in the Burnie Magistrates Court. The fire on September 19 caused significant damage, and 19 patients had to be moved to beds elsewhere in Tasmanian hospitals. She will be sentenced by a Supreme Court judge in December. The state government plans a new 22-bed mental health facility at the hospital, due for completion in 2028.
Firefighters suspect a house in Mt Pleasant was deliberately set alight. Emergency services were called to the Ullapool Road home at about 3.17am on Wednesday. Neighbours reported hearing a loud bang, followed by a car speeding away from the scene. Fire caused significant damage, with the roof collapsing and smoke blackening the garage. Red paint on the driveway reads, "Pay your debt dog". Authorities are investigating whether the fire is linked to the graffiti.
Jack Henry Curtin, 27, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Kylee McHugh and to arson charges, his lawyer told the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Ms McHugh was found dead on 18 May after firefighters were called to her Osborne Place apartment in Belconnen. Police allege investigators found ignitable liquid pour patterns at some of the five locations where the fire started. A postmortem examination found she had no carbon monoxide or cyanide in her blood, which indicates she died before the fire took hold. The case has been adjourned to 3 December for a pre-hearing mention.