Tag: volunteer firefighters

• Monday, December 30th 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks display is on announce city officials

  

  A petition to cancel Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks and use the money to fight bush fires ringing the city has topped 260,000 signatures, but officials say the show will go on.

• Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazilian police arrest volunteer firefighters; civic leaders claim it's a campaign to blame NGOs for Amazon fires

  

  Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested four volunteer firefighters accused of intentionally setting fires in the Amazon rainforest, but civic leaders said the arrests amounted to government harassment of environmental groups.