Flight arrivals also delayed by up to 30 minutes due to poor visibility. FMTNews
SYDNEY: Bushfire smoke smothered Sydney on Tuesday, setting off fire alarms, suspending ferry services and triggering health warnings over choking air pollution.
The Air Quality Index compiled by the state environment department reached as high as 2,552 in some eastern suburbs – soaring past the “hazardous” threshold of 200. Some 2.7 million hectares of land, with a perimeter of 19,235km, have been burnt so far this bushfire season.
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