Fire races through dry Australia

Fire races through dry Australia

World February 12, 2017 08:45

sydney - The Australian authorities on Sunday to leave the inhabitants of five remote areas strongly advised their homes in New South Wales since the wildfires pose a growing danger. The fire rages, fanned by the winds and the extremely hot weather, the sparsely populated, very dry area. Because roads closed at risk of exclusion, it was decided to evacuate.

Australia's east coast groaning under a heat wave, with temperatures over 45 degrees. According to experts, the conditions still worse than in 2009 'Black Saturday' in the state of Victoria, when the worst bushfires in Australia's history 173 people costing lives. ' In New South Wales we've never seen as unfavorable terms of fire hazards and conditions, '' said Fire Chief Shane Fitzsimmons.

The worst affected areas lie hundreds of kilometers from Sydney, the state capital. Fitzsimmons has heard stories that homes, farmhouses and barns with the axis machines are put through the fire to spread rapidly. The confirmation is lacking. There are believed to be still no injuries, although some firefighters became ill from the heat.

About two thousand rescuers, including many volunteers are busy fighting the fires. Sunday afternoon there were 86 New South Wales, of which 38 are not under control.

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