are still fires in australia?
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(CNN) The Australian state of New South Wales is officially free from bushfires for the first time in more than 240 days, according to the area's fire service. Months of devastating fires in Australia left at least 28 people dead, about 3,000 homes destroyed and up to a billion animals affected.
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Australia has always experienced bushfires - it has a "fire season". But this year they are a lot worse than normal. Fires are usually caused by lightning strikes or accidentally by a spark - but some fires are also started deliberately.
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While bush fires are an annual occurrence in Australia and deadlier fires have occurred there, this fire season began unusually early and is projected to last for months. Australia just had its hottest and driest year on record, and December was one of the top two hottest months in the country's history.
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Temperatures surpassed 40C (104F) in parts of south-east Australia on Saturday as fires ravaged through homes and land. Since September, the fires in Australia have killed at least 23 people. Dozens of people are missing and some 1,500 homes have already been lost this fire season.
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Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Northern Territory While fires in other parts of the country are currently more severe, Queensland and other states have also been badly affected over the past several months. Fires in Queensland first began in September 2019.
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Although recent cooler conditions and rain have brought some respite, more than 50 fires are still burning in the states of New South Wales and Victoria.
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Fires rage near Australian capital A bushfire near the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) continues to rage, although the damage is not as serious as previously feared. ... The fire south of Canberra is still out of control and has already burned more than 20% of the territory's landscape.
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Record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought have fuelled a series of massive bushfires across Australia. ... At least 33 people have been killed - including four firefighters - and more than 11 million hectares (110,000 sq km or 27.2 million acres) of bush, forest and parks across Australia has burned.
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Heavy rains in New South Wales in recent days have led to hopes that all the bushfires in the Australian state could be out by the end of the week. Since Friday, parts of the fire-ravaged Australian state have experienced their heaviest rainfall in years. ... In total, 24 fires remain burning across the state.
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Australia's neighbouring countries, including New Zealand, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea, have offered support as the country continues to fight massive bushfires burning in New South Wales and Victoria. ... Australia stood by us through some horrific moments in 2019, and we're here to do the same.
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The forest fires in Australia that have been raging for more than four months, show no signs of ebbing. ... The fires seem to be both a natural disaster and man-made calamity. But if extreme weather is counted as being the result of human activities as well, the fires can be seen as purely a man-made disaster.
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Since September, at least 27 million acres of Australia have burned in one of the country's worst fire seasons on record. That's an area larger than Portugal, and more than 14 times the area that burned in California in 2018, the state's most destructive year for wildfires.
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The Government is sending 22 more firefighters to Australia to help fight the country's out of control bushfires. New Zealand has been sending firefighters to Australia since late October, with 157 having already been deployed. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said New Zealand would do all it could to assist.
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Australia fires: Sea of fire races across field near Adelaide. As Australia's bushfires rage on, firefighters in South Australia are now battling flames near the city of Adelaide which are creating a smoky haze blanketing the region.
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There are multiple small bushfires in Far East Gippsland between Cann River and the New South Wales border. Firefighters continue to respond to the fires and many fires are now contained or under control. Reconnaissance aircraft remain in the area checking for fire activity.
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That fire is now largely contained. But dozens of others are still burning in the southeastern states of New South Wales and Victoria, some out of control, despite heavy rain in some areas in recent days.
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Little improvement seen in wildfire situation in Queensland There are 130 fires currently burning, with about seven of them described as fast moving and significant. Hundreds of firefighters have arrived from New South Wales and other areas to lend a hand.