ABC FeedsCommunity mourns mum, two boys, allegedly murdered in house fire
By Jasmine Hines
A central Queensland community gathers to mourn a mum, her son and his best friend who died in a house fire. A woman has been charged with murder and arson.
Woman charged with murder, arson after fatal house fire
By Vanessa Jarrett
A woman has been charged with murder and arson after a house fire that took the lives of a woman and two young children in Gladstone.
Suspicious fire destroys home just weeks after fatal stabbing nearby
By Isla Evans
A fire that destroyed a house on the NSW far south coast is being treated as suspicious, after a man was fatally stabbed on the same street earlier in the month.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-24/bega-house-fire-arson-investigations-stabbing-death/105911350
Families 'overwhelmed with grief' after mum, son, friend die in fire
By Jasmine Hines
Jordana Johnson, her son Jordan Norris and his friend Chazz Mather died in the blaze in Gladstone last week.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-21/families-remember-victims-of-gladstone-house-fire/105916022
Homicide squad investigating fatal house fire that killed woman, two boys
By Jasmine Hines and Katrina Beavan
A woman and two boys died in a blaze on Wednesday. The house collapsed, hampering search efforts by emergency services.
Electrician denies 'witness contamination' in child house fire inquest
By Matthew Qvortrup
A witness at an inquest into the death of Alice Springs boy Mitchell Thomas has denied doctoring an electrical report in the wake of a fatal house fire.
Three confirmed dead in 'horrific' Queensland house fire
By Vanessa Jarrett
Police say it will take some time to establish the identities of the people who have died and what caused the blaze.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/multiple-people-dead-in-gladstone-house-fire/105893160
Mother escapes as house fire claims the life of her daughter
By Charles Rushforth and Sophia McCaughan
A 78-year-old woman escapes a blaze on the NSW Mid North Coast, but the body of another woman — believed to be her daughter who lived with disability — is later found inside.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-14/coffs-house-fire-death-police/105887620
Alice Springs boy's tragic house fire death yields public housing audit
By Jason Walls
The death of a three-year-old boy in an Alice Springs house fire has led to an electrical audit of Northern Territory public housing, which uncovered widespread issues affecting hundreds of homes, an inquest has heard.
Audit reveals widespread public housing electrical issues in wake of three-year-old's tragic death
The death of a three-year-old boy in an Alice Springs house fire has led to an electrical audit of Northern Territory public housing, which uncovered widespread issues affecting hundreds of homes, an inquest has heard.
Widower living in bus as he waits for answers on fire that destroyed home
By Andrew Chounding
Residents who lost their homes in a blaze that ripped through WA's southern wheatbelt in January may have to wait more than two years to seek compensation.
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