Act Policing have charged a 41-year-old Dunlop man with high range drink driving after allegedly blowing almost four times the legal limit.

Emergency services responded to a single car collision in Bruce last night after a car veered off Aikman Drive and impacted a barrier.

One person has lost their life and a large amount of infrastructure has been damaged trapping residents following heavy rain over the weekend.

A man who was kayaking on the flooded Murrumbidgee River went missing yesterday sparking a large scale emergency response in the ACT.

ACT Policing have confirmed a man has died following a Kayaking accident on the flooded Murrumbidgee River near point hut this evening.

The missing kayaker was part of a group that entered waters south of Canberra earlier today.

Police were called to Kokomo's on the corner of Genge and Bunda streets at 12:05am on the 17th July 2020 after reports of a "disturbance".

Detective Acting Superintendent Matthew Reynolds confirmed at the time that the altercation began within Kokomo's before Mr Ulavalu, 48, was found dead outside.

Firefighters have extinguished a house fire in Downer this afternoon

Just before 3pm ACT Fire and Rescue responded to reports of a house fire on Antill Street.