The 33-year-old man sustained critical injuries and was declared deceased at the scene.
Neil Watkinson
Two people have been taken to hospital after the ute they were in crashed into a commercial office building near an intersection in Mt Barker town centre.
Melissa Sheil
The use of seatbelts will form part of a probe into a tragic bus crash that killed a young student and injured scores of others, including the elderly driver.
Jack Gramenz and William Ton
Firefighters are working to douse a raging blaze at a property in the southern suburbs on Tuesday night.
The Marshall Islands Fire Department says half of the Pacific Island nation's parliament building, known as the Nitijela, has been burnt down.
Staff Writers
Police have released jaw-dropping CCTV that shows the moment an allegedly stolen vehicle crashes into fuel bowsers in country WA before erupting into a ball of flames on Sunday morning.
Hannah Whitehead
Albany police are investigating a house fire in Spencer Park after emergency services were called to a blaze on Wansborough Street.
Jacki Elezovich
The single-story property on Bernice Way reportedly caught fire just after 2pm but has now been contained.
Tahnee Graham
At least 12 workers are dead and four are missing after a railway bridge under construction collapsed in northwest China.
A raging blaze engulfed a Leederville church on Saturday morning.
John Flint
Residents thought "several bombs exploded" and fled for safety after blasts at a fireworks warehouse in Pakistan killed four people and injured dozens more.
Asif Shahzad and Ariba Shahid
A hiker was rescued from Bluff Knoll on Tuesday night after an injured ankle left her stuck on the trail after dark
Two attacks in Colombia, believed to have been carried out by a splinter group of the guerrilla group FARC, have killed at least 18 people.
Luis Jaime Acosta
A pedestrian has been seriously injured after being hit by a car in Glendalough.
Japan's Self-Defence forces rushed to help put out a fire aboard the US naval ship New Orleans off Okinawa.
Pakistani authorities warn that deluges could inundate southern parts of a nation still reeling from weeks of monsoonal rains that have left hundreds dead.
Rasool Dawar
Thousands of firefighters and soldiers are fighting fires tearing through Spain, which is battling one of its most destructive fire seasons during a heatwave.
SUMAN NAISHADHAM
A water-bombing helicopter is on standby as authorities in the US state of Oregon scramble to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world's tallest trees.
CLAIRE RUSH
Temperatures have fallen in Spain but crews continue to fight several major wildfires during one of its most destructive fire seasons in recent decades.
After decades of service in his hometown, a Katanning volunteer firefighter realised his long-harboured dream earlier this year when he was sent to help fight wildfires in the Canadian province of Alberta.
At least 20 people died and another 134 were injured after a fire and explosion at a factory in Russia, local emergency services say.
Denmark’s Bushfire Ready team have been invited to present the story of their successes to an international conference which comes to the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre from August 26-29.
Claire Middleton
Wildfires in Spain have shut down part of the Camino de Santiago as southern Europe endures one of its worst seasons in two decades.
Guillermo Martinez and Nacho Doce
Nigerian authorities say about 40 people are missing after a boat capsized on its way to a popular market in northwest Sokoto State.
