NSTworld: Bushfires are common in Australia’s hot, dry summers, but the ferocity and early arrival of the fires last month in the southern hemisphere spring is unprecedented.
Australia has been fighting wildfires across much of its east coast for weeks, leaving 8 people dead, more than 700 homes destroyed and nearly 3 million acres of bushland burnt.
“There is no finer person available in my view than someone who is willing to put themselves on the line for the want of nothing in return, no remuneration, nothing other than to make a positive difference in their local community,” New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told reporters.An old car burns from bushfires in Balmoral, 150 kilometres southwest of Sydney. -AFP
A fireman fights a bushfire to protect a property in Balmoral, 150 kilometres southwest of Sydney. -AFP Just hours after confirmation of the deaths of the firefighters, Morrison said he would be returning and issued an apology.
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