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Officials In Australia's New South Wales Celebrate: 'All Fires Are Now Contained' While NSW has been the worst-affected, record high temperatures and other extreme weather conditions have also led to unprecedented wildfire devastation in other regions, including Queensland and Victoria.
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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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Has the rain extinguished the bushfires? The answer is no. But they have helped firefighters control their spread, and given fireys a well-earned break. Ben Shepherd from the NSW Rural Fire Service told Guardian Australia there had been a “dramatic reduction” in fire activity over the past week.
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About 40 bushfires are burning across the state following a heatwave, said Queensland Fire and Emergency Services. ... Most of the other bushfires are being contained, authorities said. Unlike in Australia's drier south, intense fire conditions are unusual in Queensland in late November because it is the wet season.
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Unseasonably high temperatures and drought over the last three months have contributed to the conditions that have allowed the fires to proliferate. ... And in Australia we've just experienced record high temperatures," Mark Howden, director of the Climate Change Institute at Australian National University, told Reuters.
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(CNN) All fires burning in the Australian state of New South Wales have been declared contained for the first time this season. ... The fire service tweeted Monday, however, that the rains have helped to extinguish more than 30 fires since Friday, describing it as the "most positive news we've had in some time."
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As of Saturday evening, there are no fires burning in the ACT. ... But authorities are concerned that new fires started by dry lightning strikes or arson could quickly become difficult to control. Follow our live blog for updates on bushfires and evacuations.
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Record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought have fuelled a series of massive bushfires across Australia. 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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"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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About 100 bushfires are raging in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), with the most severe forming into a "mega blaze" north of Sydney. More than 2,000 firefighters are battling bushfires, which escalated in intensity late on Thursday.
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A 'Section 44 Bushfire Emergency' has been declared for Richmond Valley, Lismore, Kyogle, Byron Bay, Ballina and Tweed Valley Local Government areas. A Total Fire Ban is in place.
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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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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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A "mega blaze" raging across a 60km (37 mile) front north-west of Sydney cannot currently be put out, Australian fire officials have warned. ... Since October, bushfires have killed six people and destroyed more than 700 homes across Australia.
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Toowoomba Region Mayor Paul Antonio said the fire threat was at emergency level. ... “Conditions are now very dangerous and firefighters may soon be unable to prevent the fire advancing,” authorities warn. The state's bushfire crisis is now in its second week, with 80 fires burning across the state.
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Bushfires have killed at least eight people in south-eastern Australia since Monday, while two others remain unaccounted for. The latest fires, which raced towards the coast this week, have also destroyed more than 200 homes.