Fire

Protesters targeted city halls, other public buildings and thousands of businesses in France’s worst rioting in years.

The Canadian PM called it “one of the worst tragedies for the forces on Canadian soil in peacetime”.

Sydney is set for a sweltering end to the school holidays.

The 13-year-old boy suffered severe burns to 90 per cent of his body after an arson attack in Taylors Hill, in Melbourne’s north, backfired.

A teenager has suffered life-threatening burns after two cars were firebombed outside a Melbourne home early on Monday.

9News understands the children were home alone and one was using the stove when a blanket caught fire.

Two teenagers have now been arrested as police continue to investigate how the fire started.

It dates back to 1928 and dubs itself one of the city’s “premier wedding venues”.

The heritage-listed 126-year-old hotel didn’t stand a chance against the raging inferno.

Four mechanics were inside when the fire took hold, with the roof eventually collapsing and smoke billowing into the air.