Three fires have combined to form a single blaze bigger than Manhattan, as Australian firefighters battle what has been predicted to be the most catastrophic day yet in an already devastating bushfire season.
Three fires have combined to form a single blaze bigger than the New York borough of Manhattan, as Australian firefighters battle what has been predicted to be the most catastrophic day yet in an already devastating bushfire season.
The fires joined overnight in the Omeo region in Victoria state, creating a 6,000-hectare blaze, according to Gippsland's Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.In neighboring New South Wales state, a fire in the Wollondilly region south of the capital Sydney remains"out of control," according to the Rural Fire Service. It has burned 264,000 hectares of land in recent months.
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