are fires close to sydney?
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Currently, fires are largely burning across the states of Victoria, where Melbourne is; New South Wales, where Sydney is; and South Australia, where Adelaide is.
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New South Wales's Rural Fire Service map showed a large cluster of wildfires Thursday from south of Brisbane to south of Canberra, Australia's capital. ... More than 200 fires are burning across Victoria and New South Wales, the country's most populated areas.
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Rain has fallen in fire-ravaged parts of Australia and temperatures have dropped - but officials have warned that blazes will "take off" again. Sooty rain fell down the east coast, from Sydney to Melbourne, with "torrential" rain reported in some parts of New South Wales (NSW).
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But fire bosses have warned 'no area is entirely safe' as high winds could send dangerous embers capable of sparking secondary fires towards beachside suburbs such as Manly and even the CBD, home to the Opera House.
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The modern world has never seen anything quite like these Australia fires. About 16 million acres have burned in New South Wales and Victoria, where the crisis is centered. That's an area about the size of West Virginia. Millions more acres have burned in other parts of the country.
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Dozens of fires erupted in New South Wales, Australia, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency in November 2019. Fires rapidly spread across all states to become some of the most devastating on record. An area about the size of South Korea, roughly 25.5 million acres, has burned.
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Fire is burning near Tahmoor Coal, located between Bargo and Tahmoor in Sydney's south-west. The NSW Rural Fire Service have confirmed storage facilities inside Tahmoor Coal have been damaged as a result of spot fires.
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A bushfire has broken out close to the Blue Mountains town of Katoomba. Firemen have protected houses by burning bushland nearby.
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All Bushfires Extinguished In Australia's Hardest-Hit New South Wales, Officials Say It's the first time since July that the state has been fire-free. "That's more than 240 days of fire activity" across the country's most populous state, New South Wales Rural Fire Service said.
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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. ... "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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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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Fires rage near Australian capital 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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In Sydney, one fire is now under control in the rural areas southwest of the city. According to the fire spread prediction for tomorrow by NWS RFS, the areas of Shoalhaven, South Coast, Snowy Mountains and areas surrounding Greater Sydney are at risk from severe to extreme fire danger.
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Tourist towns Bowral and Moss Vale sandwiched between major fires. Properties have been lost in the New South Wales Southern Highlands and Kangaroo Valley area over the weekend after a blaze jumped a river and sped towards homes.
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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. ... "Not all fires are out," Rogers added, noting that some fires are burning in the state's far south.
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While some rain and cooler climes recently brought some respite to fire-struck regions, the fires are still raging. Currently, there are 80 active fires burning across NSW, as hot and windy conditions begin picking up once more.
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About 150 fires are still burning in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland, feeding off tinder-dry conditions. Fifty houses were destroyed or damaged in NSW on Tuesday but no lives were lost, officials said. ... On Wednesday, blazes caused fresh emergencies in Queensland.