are fires still burning on kangaroo island?
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The Kangaroo Island bushfire has officially been contained after burning for more than three weeks and blackening more than 210,000 hectares. The Country Fire Service says Tuesday's declaration means there's been no forward spread of the fire and no flare-ups outside the perimeter for several days.
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Now, Kangaroo Island is unrecognizable. Wildfires that burned for weeks consumed half of the island — more than 800 square miles. Two people were killed, dozens of homes were destroyed, and wilderness parks were turned to cinders, littering the landscape with animal corpses. ... Bush-fire damage on the island.
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A fast-moving bushfire on the NSW north coast is threatening properties in Yamba, as dozens of bushfires continue to burn out of control across the state. The fire is burning in the Yuraygir National Park and Shark Creek area, south of Yamba, with crews backburning near properties in Angourie.
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Heaviest rain in 30 years puts out bushfires Now, all bushfires in the state have been extinguished. "For the first time since early July 2019, there is currently no active bush or grass fires in #NSW," tweeted New South Wales Rural Fire Service.
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The fire south of Canberra is still out of control and has already burned more than 20% of the territory's landscape. However, the fires did not reach the capital's southern suburbs. Hot and windy conditions are expected to last through the weekend.
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Although dead and scorched koalas and kangaroos have become the symbols of wildlife suffering in the worst blazes ever to hit fire-prone Australia, conservationists note that those species are not at risk of extinction.
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East Gippsland Fires 2019-20. Fires continue to burn in East Gippsland. Residents and property owners are returning to many communities.
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Wednesday looms as a pivotal day in battling a massive blaze near the Hawkesbury River, which has already burned through more than 140,000 hectares of land. "It's still a very active, dangerous fire," Rural Fire Service spokesman Greg Allan told the Herald.
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['The NSW Rural Fire Service is warning residents to be alert to a bushfire burning south of Emerald Downs in Port Macquarie.', 'Earlier the fire broke containment lines near Creek Trail.', 'NSW RFS district officer Stuart Robb said there was a lot of smoke in the location, due to the fire.']
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A state of disaster was declared for East Gippsland. Significant fires occurred in the Adelaide Hills and Kangaroo Island in South Australia and parts of the ACT. Moderately affected areas were south-eastern Queensland and areas of south-western Western Australia, with a few areas in Tasmania being mildly impacted.
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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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I drive west through the town of Parndana to Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park, which escaped destruction when Friday's fires swept through the center of the island. Smoke is still billowing across the highway.
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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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By 4 March 2020, all fires in New South Wales had been extinguished completely (to the point where there were no fires in the state for the first time since July), and the Victoria fires had all been contained. The last fire of the season occurred in Lake Clifton, Western Australia, in early May.
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Victoria, where fires have burned 1.2 million hectares, extended a "state of disaster" for the worst-hit areas from 2 to 11 January. Some blazes are still burning in the state and there are emergency warnings are in place. ... Three people - including one firefighter - have died as a result of the fires.
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Across the state, 923,000 hectares have been blackened and 39 fires are continuing to burn. Four emergency warning and two evacuation warnings remained in place this morning. ... State Control Centre spokesman Peter O'Keefe said Victorian fires had destroyed 110 properties and impacted more than 220 outbuildings.
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Australian authorities have warned that massive bushfires raging in two states will continue to pose a threat, despite "catastrophic" conditions easing. About 150 fires are still burning in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland, feeding off tinder-dry conditions. ... At one point, fires broke out in suburbs of Sydney.