are australia still on fire?
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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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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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Floods follow drought and fire in Australia – in pictures. ... Only a week ago, more than 60 fires were burning across NSW and 33 of those were uncontained. The five fires that are still burning out of control are all in the Bega Valley and Snowy Valley area in the state's south.
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Officials In Australia's New South Wales Celebrate: 'All Fires Are Now Contained' Firefighters spray water on a smoldering tree in the wake of a bushfire near Bumbalong in New South Wales, Australia. February has brought much-needed rain to the state, where fires have burned about 13.3 million acres of land.
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Fire officials in Australia are celebrating a landmark moment, saying that for the first time in what has been a horrendous wildfire season, every fire in hard-hit New South Wales is now under control. ... "But all fires are contained, so we can really focus on helping people rebuild."
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From September 2019 until March 2020, when the final fire was extinguished, Australia had one of the worst bush fires in history. ... This caused mass damage all around the country with fires in each state and territory. The east coast had widespread destruction from the mega-blaze.
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Months of devastating fires in Australia left at least 28 people dead, about 3,000 homes destroyed and up to a billion animals affected. ... Now, all bushfires in the state have been extinguished.
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Send this by. Only about 1 per cent of the land burnt in NSW this bushfire season can be officially attributed to arson, and it is even less in Victoria, the ABC can reveal. The world has been shocked by the scenes of devastation as the unprecedented destruction of Australia's horror bushfire season rages on.
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Massive fires are still burning across NSW, Victoria and South Australia -- three states where cruise ships make regular calls in summer. ... “The country's major cities and the majority of its coastline remain open to visitors and most cruises are continuing unaffected and as scheduled,” a spokesperson said.
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There are currently 11 uncontrolled blazes burning across the state, including a blaze in the Barossa region, which is moving in a northerly direction and is threatening the town of Truro. Meanwhile, the fire in Victoria's Grampians, where one woman died yesterday, has now burnt around 52,000 hectares.
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There are currently no fires in the Northern Territory, where Uluru is, but there are some fires in Tasmania and in Western Australia, where Perth is, but all three areas are still considered largely safe. ... Then This Australian Town Burned.
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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.
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Australia's deadly bushfires sparked in September 2019 and have been blazing ever since. A prolonged drought that began in 2017 made this year's bushfire season more devastating than ever.
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"We have no active fire in this area," Mr Mitchell told ABC Radio Gippsland today. "There are still a couple of hotspots that we will try and extinguish over the coming weeks but no active fire, which is great news." He said the recent rainfall had helped.
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Why are the fires so bad? Australia's deadly fires have been fuelled by a combination of extreme heat, prolonged drought and strong winds. The country is in the grip of a heatwave, with record-breaking temperatures over the last three months.
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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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Two Australian states have declared a state of emergency as bushfires bring a "catastrophic" threat to heavily populated areas of the nation's east. At least three people are dead and thousands have been displaced by three days of dangerous weather conditions in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland.