Arson

Downing Street thanked emergency services for tackling the fire, which took hold in the early hours of the morning.

Emergency services were called to Merritt Street in Harristown about 12.30am on Wednesday, where they found the house engulfed in flames.

Police allege Joseph Kling left the wooden pallets without fully extinguishing the blaze which sparked the wildfire.

A man who set fire to a home when children were inside while experiencing a meth-induced psychosis is sentenced to eight years in prison.

Police say offenders drove a car into a Greek restaurant in Yarraville and set it alight before fleeing.

Emergency services were present at the official residence of the Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro after an arson attack.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and his family are evacuated from their home in the middle of the night after an arsonist set fire to the residence, according to police. 

Police in Esperance are offering a $25,000 reward and seeking information from the public as investigations continue into several suspicious fires lit near homes.

Several red swastikas were also graffitied along the front fence of the Newtown Synagogue on January 11.

Nine people have been charged over their involvement in antisemitic attacks in Sydney, but none have been charged with terrorism. Researchers say it's harder to meet that threshold.

A Melbourne man has been charged in connection with a threat to destroy a tobacco store that was later set alight in regional Victoria 18 months ago.

The 39-year-old father was sentenced to more than three years in the District Court after previously pleading guilty to a charge of arson for causing "extensive damage" to the home, in Adelaide's north.

Sydney has experienced several anti-Semitic attacks, mainly in Sydney's eastern suburbs where many Jewish people live, which have been met with widespread community outrage and a heavy police response.

A 32-year-old man who was taken to hospital with minor burns has been charged with arson.

A woman has been charged in relation to a car being set alight and properties tagged with anti-Israel graffiti in Woollahra last month.

Police are appealing for information following an extortion and arson attack at a tobacco store in Wangaratta in 2023. Supplied: Victoria Police

Victorian detectives investigating the tobacco wars have released footage of a woman being told to shut down a Wangaratta shop or face the consequences. Weeks later, the business was set alight.

Police say two arsonists who set fire to the home in Truganina, killing a woman, may have targeted the wrong address.

Firefighters have made progress in containing two massive wildfires burning around Los Angeles, as another bout of fan-flaming winds moves through southern California.  

Police release CCTV showing two alleged burglars setting themselves alight after pouring liquid on the ground next to a parked car.