in Australia for a week of continued wildfires did not show sign of abating. Australia’s largest city Sydney on the north side of eight wildfires have united, and forming now the “mega fire”.

in Addition, the area burned in the smaller fires.

the Firefighters have already warned that they will not have 300 000 hectares of area spread fire management. The fire front is about 60 miles wide.

– Fire will continue until the circumstances change, New South Wales deputy fire chief Rob Rogers told broadcaster ABC (switch to another service), referring to the long-lasting drought.

we’re Trying to protect the property and people to the best of our ability, Rogers continued.

in Sydney has almost 4.5 million inhabitants.

since September, there’s been wildfires have burned in Australia, estimated at two million hectares of the region.

Source: AFP

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