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October 22, 2013

Firefighters in Australia Face More Than 60 Blazes 
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Firefighters in New South Wales, Australia, are battling the area's
worst bushfires in decades. The Sydney Morning Herald reports
firefighters are facing an active fire edge that stretches more than 900
miles. They are also facing, hot, windy conditions that have fueled more
than 60 fires which in some cases have consumed more than 20 miles in a
single day. A spokesperson for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service
said dry weather has worsened conditions.

Joel Kursawe: "We're coming out of very dry winter, we haven't had a lot
of rain for many months. And we are only in October, we are not yet into
summer. So we still have quite a few months before we reach the very hot
months in summer. That's what obviously is very concerning for us
because we are still only in spring and we are seeing fires like this
with so much destruction."

 

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