Wildfires

Australian Bushfires

This morning the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) said there were 142 bushfires burning across the state, 29 of them uncontained. Many of the blazes had been sparked overnight by a band of lightning, with more strikes expected.

Large bushfires also continue to burn out of control in Victoria.

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Tasmanian wildfires

The wildfires on the Tasman Peninsula, east of Hobart, has claimed least 80 properties and left thousands of people isolated overnight. Almost 30% of properties in the town of Dunalley were destroyed. A major highway has been re-opened as interstate crews get set to fly in to help the fire-fighting effort.

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Bushfires on Tasmania. Homes near Hobart threatened.

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A bushfire is threatening homes in the Gold Coast hinterland, Australia with two helicopters waterbombing the area near Mt Tamborine. Bushfires also claw through the Pilbara region.

14 wildfires in 12 eastern Kentucky counties, USA are burning.

Fresh snow is helping crews fighting wildfires in the small town of Wetmore and in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA.

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Large bushfire burns in the Gold Coast hinterland, Australia. A one-kilometre-long grass fire is burning near Austinville.

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Several bush fires burn in the northern coastal region of New South Wales, Australia.

Wildfire near Clinton, British Columbia, Canada destroys two homes.

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Bushfire emergency declared in the Clarence Valley, New South Wales, Australia.

Lightning sparks several wildfires across British Columbia, Canada.

New wildfire burning in the forests in northern California. Thousands of rural residents told to evacuate.

Wildfire on the Greek Island of Chios has burned thousands of acres of pristine, old forest.

 

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Bushfire near Dundee Beach, Northern Territory, Australia.

 

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Meteor sightings ground aircraft fighting the Colorado wildfire.

19 wildfires have been sparked by guns in Utah so far this year. The culprit seems to be target shooting in very dry conditions.

Bushfires on Borneo. Firefighters battle to put out the smouldering peat fires.

 

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Bushfire near Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia threatens homes.