Bushfire in New South Wales

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported a serious bushfire in Bathurst in southeastern Australia on Tuesday 9^th December. Because of the high temperature and hot winds a catastrophic fire danger index above 100 was declared in northern areas of New South Wales. Residents near the Bathurst area were evacuated after a bushfire reported in the evening spread quickly to more than 3,000 acres. Two farmers were severely burnt when they tried to protect their property from the fire. “The weather made the fire unpredictable with spot fires often reaching hundreds of feet ahead of fire lines”, said Gillian Kearney a spokeswomen of the Rural Fire Service. In the meantime two firefighting helicopters collided in the mid air due to heavy smoke from the fire but both landed safely.

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