Industrial Fires

Another fire has broken out in Melbourne's west, just a little over a week after a massive explosion and blaze in a neighbouring suburb.

While the investigation into last month's incident is ongoing, miners are telling of how a flame disappearing into the dark was the signal for them to run.

The 12-metre-long GAG unit pumps carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water into a shaft at the Grosvenor Coal Mine near Moranbah in Central Queensland.

Authorities have revealed a number of firefighters were treated in hospital for headaches and high heart rates after battling the Derrimut chemical fire.

Environmental groups are warning of potential health implications for people in Melbourne's west after a huge factory fire in Derrimut. Fire crews are expected to remain at the site for days.

Fire Rescue Victoria expect to spend days extinguishing a factory fire in Melbourne's west.

Fire Rescue Victoria says specialist appliances are on the scene to combat the volatile blaze.

A factory fire sparked by a chemical explosion has been brought under control, but authorities say they expect it to burn for days.

A lithium-ion battery next to a mattress caused a fire in a caravan at a dealership in Bundaberg. The fire destroyed two caravans.

Anglo American has brought in three remote controlled dozers to push dirt and rocks to seal shafts at the burning Grosvenor Coal Mine in central Queensland.

Aerial footage shows two plumes of smoke coming an underground fire at the Grosvenor Coal Mine fire near Moranbah in Central Queensland.

The blaze at the top of the turbine in Portland had to be left to burn overnight after firefighters were unable to extinguish it.

Eight people are dead after a fire tore through an office building near Moscow on Monday. 

A fire at a lithium battery factory in South Korea has claimed the lives of at least 22 people, with eight injured, according to local fire officials.

As state ministers get set to meet with the Minister for Environment, 7.30 can reveal the high number of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries.

Firefighters have been battling a blaze which has destroyed a laundromat and Chinese restaurant on Walker St, Casino.

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The fire tore through Macco Feeds in Williams, consuming 400 bales of hay and damaging equipment including a front-end loader.

Eight people have been detained after the fire broke out during daytime renovation work at a nightclub which is underneath a 16-storey residential building.

As South Australia endures another day of severe heat, dozens of firefighters have been kept busy by a large industrial fire at a mulch facility which has sent large amounts of smoke over Whyalla and surrounding areas.

A panel shop fire at Sunshine North quickly engulfed a nearby factory where two people were sleeping.

Fire engulfs an auto-electrical workshop in the Newcastle suburb of Wickham.

An investigation is under way into the cause of the fire that sent a cloud of toxic smoke over homes and took about 40 firefighters to contain.

A fire in a wind turbine that sent smoke billowing over the Mid North of South Australia has sparked worries that such a blaze could result in a bushfire on a hotter and windier day.

There are concerns a blaze which destroyed parts of an agricultural supplies warehouse may stretch fertiliser and chemical supplies thin for farmers across Western Australia ahead of the seeding season.