Wildfires

Wildfires - Texas, USA

Wildfires that started Monday afternoon in three counties around Abilene are contained this morning, according to authorities.

The Newell Fire off of U.S. Highway 180 about 13 miles west of Albany is "out," according to the Shackelford County Sheriff's Office. The fire burned about 2,500 acres.

About 700 acres were burned in Fisher County near farm roads 57 and 419 about 10 miles north of Sweetwater, according to the forest service.

Wildfires - Australia

Strong winds fanned out-of-control bushfires in NSW and Victoria. A blaze started on Boggy Creek Road in Myrrhee near Whitfield on Wednesday afternoon, fanned by strong winds of about 40km/h. More than 250 firefighters battled the fire, along with aircraft, bulldozers and Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning vehicles.

Meanwhile water-bombing aircraft were sent out to a fire burning near Barooga Road, about four kilometres north of Mulwala earlier on Wednesday afternoon. NSW Rural Fire Service said the fire had been burning in a south-easterly direction under strong, north to westerly winds ranging from 40 to 60 kilometres per hour.