The massive blaze has been burning for weeks and has now caused the closure of the Barkly Highway as it continues to surge through cattle country.
A major highway in the Northern Territory has been closed because of a monster fire in the Barkly region that has been burning for weeks and scorched more than two million hectares.Bushfires NT has withdrawn from "active management" of the fireInterstate resources that fought the blaze earlier have been redeployed to the Australia's south-east
Pastoralist Amber Driver, who runs Elkedra and Annitowa stations 270 kilometres south-east of Tennant Creek, said the fire had spread onto both her properties via two fronts.She said she appreciated the efforts of Bushfires NT and interstate firefighters over the last few weeks, but felt pastoralists had now been left to fend for themselves.
"In one instance, Bushfires NT conducted back-burning in the middle of the day during 60 kilometre per hour wind gusts, which led to the fire jumping a containment line.
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