#housefires — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #housefires, aggregated by home.social.
-
Pretty big house fire up nearby Westside Elementary.
-
Five-year-old girl dies in house fire despite rescuers' 'extraordinary bravery'
By Bridget Murphy and Ben CliffordA man and a teenage boy are being praised for their efforts in trying to break into a home to rescue a five-year-old girl who perished in a house fire near Newcastle.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/child-dies-house-fire-swansea-heads-investigation/107062762
-
Butcher saves sleeping neighbours from 'billowing' Canberra house fire
By Tahlia RoyThe occupants of the Dunlop house in Canberra's Belconnen district included a young girl and her cat.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/canberra-dunlop-house-fire-hero-neighbour/107054700
-
Accidental fire destroys family home in South West WA
By Gabrielle Becerra MelletLisa Fawcett is still grappling with the reality of an accidental fire that destroyed her entire home and belongings.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/boyup-brook-house-fire-destroyed-family-home/107050394
-
TikTok star jumps fence to help fight Birmingham fire and raises £11,000 for victims
-
Fatal fires in Sydney and NSW South Coast prompt renewed smoke alarm warning
By Charles RushforthThe winter death toll from residential fires in NSW has reached 13 after two elderly people died in separate blazes across Western Sydney and the South Coast.
-
Three dead in Sydney house fire as police launch investigation
New South Wales Police is working to identify the bodies of three people found in a house fire in Sydney's south-west overnight.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/three-dead-in-sydney-house-fire-wiley-park/106974284
#HouseFires #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Fires #DeathandDying #Police
-
Three dead in Sydney house fire as police launch investigation
An investigation is now underway into the circumstances surrounding the fire.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/three-dead-in-sydney-housefire-wiley-park/106974284
#HouseFires #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Fires #DeathandDying #Police
-
Family flee 'targeted' arson attack in north-east Melbourne
Police are investigating an alleged targeted arson attack on a home in Mill Park overnight, which forced a family to flee through their backyard.
-
Body found after house fire in NSW coastal town
By Isla EvansA person is dead after a house fire at Kiama on the NSW south coast, which police are not treating as suspicious.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-26/body-found-after-kiama-house-fire/106959500
#DisasterandEmergencyResponse #Fires #HouseFires #PublicEmergencies #IslaEvans
-
$16 million mansion set for demolition catches fire twice in a night
By Claire Simmonds, Fiona Poole, and Samuel O'BrienFire broke out twice in one night at a $16-million mansion on the NSW Mid North Coast. It was approved for demolition just weeks ago, and police are treating the blazes as suspicious.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-22/two-fires-one-night-sapphire-beach-mansion/106944642
-
Husband says he should have died with his wife in housefire
By Jessica BlackLeanne Gay Laver, 62, and family friend Phillip Gordon, 73, died when the house caught alight in the Logan suburb of Kingston.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-22/husband-describes-losing-wife-in-fatal-house-fire/106943072
-
Breaking: Crime scene declared after house fire south of Brisbane
An investigation is underway into the cause of a house fire south of Brisbane.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/kingston-house-fire-investigation-underway/106941750
-
'Irreplaceable loss' of young mother felt as police investigate unit fire
By Madeline GraceA grieving Queensland family says it is grappling with the loss of a "beautiful" young mother as police continue to investigate the blaze.
-
Woman critically injured as fire engulfs home on Sunshine Coast
By Josh DyeA 22-year-old woman has suffered extensive burns to her entire body during a fire on the Sunshine Coast.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-20/buderim-unit-fire-woman-hospitalised/106934312
-
Revered surfboard designer and intersex advocate dies in house fire
By Grace CrivellaroKyra Jonsun is being remembered as an advocate for gender-diverse people and a revered surfboard designer following her death in Wollongong last weekend.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/kyra-jonsun-surfer-tribute-wollongong-house-fire/106917836
-
Alleged killer's recorded prison calls played to murder trial
By Eva BlandisRecorded prison phone calls — in which the former partner of a woman confronts her alleged murderer — have been played in South Australia's Supreme Court.
-
Police investigate two suspicious Melbourne house fires
The two house fires started within minutes of each other, less than two kilometres apart in Melbourne's north.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-09/vic-suspicious-house-fires-melbourne/106895254
-
AI data centers are making your electricity supply worse and could damage your home, new study says
Katie Balevic, Lloyd Lee
December 29, 2024"A Bloomberg analysis assessed readings from some 770,000 homes from February to October and found that over 75% of 'highly distorted power readings across the country are within 50 miles of significant #DataCenter activity.'
"Stresses on the power grid can lead to inconsistent power quality, and as the power quality decreases, the risk increases, Bloomberg reported. Inconsistent energy flow can cause #electronics to overheat, leading to sparks or even #HouseFires.
"A small handful of large tech companies own the vast majority of global data centers — and they show no signs of slowing down as they pour billions into building more powerful AI models.
"#Amazon, #Google, and #Microsoft own about 65% of the cloud infrastructure market, which includes data centers, according to a 2023 report from market research firm Synergy Research Group.
"Google announced in April that it's investing $3 billion to build and expand data centers in #Virginia and #Indiana. The search engine giant unveiled its latest AI model, #Gemini 2.0, in December.
"#Amazon, which is a large investor in AI startup #Anthropic, is investing another $10 billion in Ohio data centers, Gov. Mike DeWine announced on December 16.
"Microsoft, which has invested $13 billion in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, said in September that the company has partnered with other investors, including #BlackRock, in a $100 billion energy infrastructure project. The project will include 'new and expanded data centers,' the company said.
"To meet AI's increasing energy demands, companies like Google have also started turning to #NuclearPower to find more reliable and sustainable energy sources."
https://www.aol.com/news/ai-data-centers-making-electricity-195931626.html?guccounter=1
#AIColonialism #NoNukesForAI #AISucks #WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
#DataCenters -
Do household ( #solar) #battery systems increase the likelihood of #housefires?
New study by #RWTHAachen says No!
“In detail, the findings indicate that the probability of an HSS fire is very low (0.0049 %) and is 50 times lower than for a general house fire”
-
Faulty scooter battery possible cause of fire that destroyed Brisbane home
By Gemma FergusonFire investigators are working to establish the cause of a blaze that damaged a Brisbane home overnight, which a witness said may have been sparked by an e-scooter battery.
-
New York Times: "When Help Shows Up After a House Fire, It Might Be Gang Members. Prosecutors say a former leader of the Bloods has single-handedly remade the emergency mitigation industry in New York through intimidation and brute force." #fire #remediation #HouseFires #NYC #bloods #crips #gangs (GIFT LINK) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/nyregion/fire-truck-chasers-gangs-nyc.html?unlocked_article_code=xwK_YwlB19w8KOliRQSzcTAarM-r4AbCcysdlgZTJRom45HKgy2NQNlpoCpXl9AOD6dfgoK0J6Hns13n9MMxA5b2cSkUUSInwGwU8KRnO660BgLRvEiC63kS_rt4lIrm8sK7hi0L8GER9ZfJ9qLKaP0WTVpWpsLvXzi-WI_qD7odGPLjHipYdHQBnlf0GkPYOWUOfe7se-4MV8rQgthCPXkEYEg_kkOfYp25a_CzYs2RSCb8xCpAGpN7FXG4k5WhanZc0_vdgV74ITEoZh9GpnZj3Ieqs-YxvswvOadTXCdsAfmyzkvO--eXj1qyociVZHJsXZzeroieXNbnIpkOUGi42m1J2ug&smid=url-share
