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New Vic agency to help disaster survivors

A dedicated emergency recovery body will be created to help Victorian communities get back on their feet after catastrophes like the black summer bushfires.

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Victoria is setting up a new unit to streamline and coordinate aid to people impacted by disasters.

Oil tank blaze contained in south Lebanon

Firefighters have contained a blaze that broke out at a fuel storage tank in southern Lebanon.

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Firefighters have contained a blaze that broke out at a fuel storage tank in southern Lebanon.

US fires kill hundreds of giant sequoias

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California wildfires may have killed hundreds of giant sequoias in the Sierra Nevada.

Multiple injuries in Honduras island fire

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A fire has broken out on the resort island of Guanaja, off the coast of Honduras. (file)

Seven killed in Romania hospital fire

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Nine people are dead after a fire at a hospital in the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania.

Twelve crews fight Queensland bushfire allegedly started by men with fireworks

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Queensland police say two men allegedly started a bushfire in a national park with fireworks.