Wildfires

Wildfires in Southern Australia

Fire crews in South Australia are continuing to battle a large bushfire burning in rugged terrain in the Adelaide Hills.

The fire is only 300 metres away from the Cherryville township, and it is threatening the southern edge of the Montacute Conservation Park.

It has already destroyed a house and a shed at Basket Range.

Around 250 firefighters are working to try and contain the fire, which has now burnt through around 650 hectares.

Update: Light rain has assisted in bringing the fire under control.

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Forest fire in Mumbai, India

A huge forest fire has affected the area of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and a part of Film City (Bollywood) in Mumbai.

The fire which started from tribal areas near the forest has not yet destroyed any structure or caused injury.

Wildfire in Florida, USA

Wildfire in Ocala National Forest in Florida. The Park has been closed due to the fire.

Bushfires in Ghana

Persistent bush fires are threatening the shea nut sector which could directly affect the livelihoods of 70 percent of women in the Upper East region of Ghana.

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Australia - Fire warning

Firefighting resources from across Victoria will boost crews battling two serious bushfires as the fire danger increases in hotter conditions over coming days. The Harrietville fire in the alpine region now has 246 firefighters on the scene, with 140 at Aberfeldy in Gippsland, with dangerous fire conditions expected until Sunday. The Harrietville fire has burnt about 6500 hectares since it started on January 21 while the fire in Gippsland has burned about 75,000 hectares, killed a man and destroyed 21 homes.

A small bushfire is burning near Esperance, Western Australia.

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Australian Wildfires

Rain has slowed the progress of two major bushfires burning in eastern Victoria.

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Sydney Bakes In Hottest Day On Record As Bushfires Rage

The Australian city of Sydney is experiencing its hottest day on record, with temperatures reaching nearly 46C. A temperature of 45.8C was recorded at Observatory Hill in the city at 14:55 local time (01:55 GMT). Some areas in the wider Sydney region were even hotter, with the town of Penrith, to the west, registering a temperature of 46.5C (116 F).

Firefighters are still battling dozens of wildfires sparked by the intense heat in New South Wales and Victoria. The small town of Licola in eastern Victoria is reported to have been cut off by a 44,500-hectare fire, as its sole access road is blocked. Officials said dozens of people had been evacuated but 10 locals were still there.

The heatwave across Australia in recent weeks has been so intense that the Bureau of Meteorology has had to add a new shade to its colour-coded temperature chart, so the scale now reaches above 50C (122 F). However, meteorologists have forecast a dramatic change in weather overnight in Sydney, with thunder storms expected to bring a rapid drop in temperatures.

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Wildfires in Australia

Bushfires have been raging out of control across Australia's most populous state, fanned by intense heat and high winds in "catastrophic" conditions that triggered evacuations.

 

Of the more than 140 fires burning across New South Wales state late on Tuesday, around 40 of them were uncontained.

The fires were clearly visible from the International Space Station:

 

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Wildfires in Australia

New wildfires flared across Australia on Tuesday as temperatures soared to near record levels, fanned by hot outback winds.

Fire officials declared five areas of southern NSW as catastrophic, meaning if fires ignited they could not be controlled and advised people to evacuate. Of the more than 100 fires, 20 fires were burning out of control on Tuesday.

A String of bushfires continue to burn across northern South Australia but are not causing concern. The fires, including some which have been burning since Christmas, are in remote areas and are just being left to burn.

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Wildfires in Australia

Australia was bracing on Monday for days of "catastrophic" fire and heatwave conditions, with fires already burning in five states: 90 fires in the most populous state New South Wales, and in mountain forests around the national capital Canberra.

A total fire ban will be in place across NSW on Tuesday as the state experiences severe, extreme and catastrophic fire conditions. Temperatures in the state's far west are predicted to hit 45 degrees, while in Sydney the mercury is forecast to climb to 43 degrees - the third highest temperature on record. Those living in Shoalhaven, the Illawarra and the southern ranges were urged to be prepared for immediate evacuation.

Authorities conducting a search for people missing after devastating wildfires in the island state of Tasmania, reported that most of those feared missing in the Tasmanian wildfires had been accounted for.

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Wildfires in Australia

Firefighters are hoping to bring a blaze in Victoria's southwest under control today, with more than 2700ha already destroyed. The fire has ripped through grassland and national forest between Port Fairy and Nelson, next to the South Australian border.

In Tasmania, authorities have started searching for possible bodies in the burned out remains of buildings, although no confirmed deaths as a result of the bush fires have been reported.

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Queensland Bushfires

Firefighters in far north Queensland, Australia are working to protect homes from two separate fires near Kuranda, west of Cairns.

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Wildfire in Langtang National Park, Nepal

-A massive wildfire has broken out in Langtang National Park.

-Wildfire is burning in huge areas in Yarcha VDC ward 6 and 7.

-Nepali Police, Nepali Army personnel and Langtang national parks workers are currently struggling to control the blaze.

-For two days, there were rumours of a volcanic eruption at Langtang National Park.

Bushfires burning in the Illawarra region, New South Wales, Australia have locals on alert as firefighters work to contain blazes.

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Wildfires in Queensland, Australia -More than 73 fire incidents recorded across Queensland, Australia. -People living in the Halliford and Lake Broadwater areas were evacuated. -Fire is expected to harm communities on the Darling Downs.

Wildlife

While residents living in South Australian towns ravaged by this week's bushfires have escaped injury, the local wildlife has not been so lucky.

Dozens of badly burned koalas, possums and echidnas have been rescued and taken to wildlife carers around the Port Lincoln area where the worst blaze hit.

Injured animals are receiving round-the-clock care at Adelaide's AMWRRO Centre.

 

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A fire destroyed or damaged 76 houses in St Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Many of the homes in the resort town are thatch-roofed. The cause of the fire is unknown at this stage but the SA Police Service forensic unit will be investigating.

 

Two out-of-control bushfires threaten the town of Zeehan on Tasmania's west coast.

Two wildfires scorched West Oahu, Hawaii on Saturday afternoon.

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A serious bushfire is burning out of control near Port Lincoln, South Australia, threatening lives and homes.

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Firefighters are battling four major bushfires on the Eyre Peninsula near Darke Peak, Mt Wedge, Bramfield Hill and Nunjikompita. About 82,500 lightning strikes over the past 24 hours have been the main cause for most of the 26 blazes across the South Australia.

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Dozens of residents fled their homes last night after a bushfire jumped containment lines and burnt within metres of their properties in the Newcastle suburb of Edgeworth, New South Wales, Australia.

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Two bush fires burn in northern South Australia. Neither fire is a threat to life or property.

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A wildfire in southern Colorado has burned 14 homes and scorched more than 1,700 acres. More than 130 firefighters from 16 agencies statewide have been battling high winds and flames since Tuesday.

A huge grassfire in Queensland last weekend witnessed a rarely seen destructive phenomenon - a fire tornado.

 

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More than 100 bushfires burn across New South Wales, Australia. About 1000 firefighters were battling the blazes on Tuesday.

Too many fires to count as bushfires continue to blaze across southeast Queensland, Australia.

Eleven bushfires in South Australia's remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands have destroyed about 425,000 hectares of scrub after being sparked by lightning at the weekend.

A new widlfire is growing in the mountains near Red River, New Mexico, USA.