New fire safety rules took effect in October, forcing many holiday let owners to scramble to install smoke detectors and fire doors. Anyone who lets a property for even a single night now needs to ...

In the unprecedented wind-driven fires of January, a fusillade of embers flew from burning hillside brush to neighborhoods, igniting houses and any fencing and furniture around them that would burn.

In the unprecedented wind-driven fires of January, a fusillade of embers flew from burning hillside brush to neighborhoods, igniting houses and any fencing and furniture around them that would burn.