At least 17 people have died and millions of animals have been killed as raging bushfires in Australia have burned over 19,300 square miles.
have died since the bushfire season began in August and millions of animals have been killed across some 19,300 square miles of devastation. For nearby towns and cities, an eerie and toxic cloud of smoke poses an ongoing health threat to residents, forcing many to wear ventilation masks when outdoors. The 2019–2020 Australian bushfire season marks the most destructive and widespread season in the country's history.
Children wear masks as they play in the southern New South Wales town of Bega, where people are camping after being evacuated from nearby sites affected by bushfires, Dec. 31.A firefighter hoses down trees and flying embers in an effort to secure nearby houses from bushfires near Nowra, Dec. 31.Horses in a paddock become restless as a bushfire nears Bilpin, Dec. 21.Rural Fire Service crews fight the Gospers Mountain fire as it burns a structure in Bilpin, Dec. 21.
A melted sign for the Western Plains Zoo stands among burned bushland on the outskirts of Bilpin, Dec. 29ABC photographer Matt Roberts reacts to seeing his sister's house destroyed by a bushfire in Quaama, Jan. 1.Business owners stand in front of their destroyed shop in Cobargo, Jan. 1.A burnt Christmas decoration lies on the ground in front of a house recently destroyed by bushfires on the outskirts of Bargo, Dec. 21.Bloomberg / Getty ImagesA smoke haze from bushfires blankets Sydney, Dec.
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