Dozens of buildings have been destroyed, a man is missing and several firefighters have been injured on a “volatile” day of disastrous bushfires in New South Wales. Key points: Five homes have been destroyed in the Lithgow area, and one person is unaccounted for Police are advising travellers to delay their plans, […]
A “mega blaze” raging across a 60km (37 mile) front north-west of Sydney cannot currently be put out, Australian fire officials have warned. The fire across almost 300,000 hectares (1,150 sq miles) is an hour’s drive from the nation’s most-populous city. People who cannot defend their property from approaching fires have been told they should […]
An estimated two million hectares of land have burned so far on the continent, the size of some smaller countries. The blaze was burning across 300,000 hectares within an hour’s drive of Australia’s largest city [AAP Image/Mick Tsikas via Reuters] Several Australian bushfires have combined to form a “mega fire” that is burning out of […]
