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Deadly wildfires continue to burn across Australia

By Associated Press

Dec. 31, 2019

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COURTESY AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORP., CHANNEL 9, CHANNEL 7 VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this image made from video, an aerial scene shows fires burning in East Grippsland, Victoria state, Tuesday. Wildfires burning across Australia's two most-populous states trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions, destroyed many properties and caused fatalities.
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In this image made from video, a fire is extinguished behind a house in Mollymook, New south Wales, Australia, Tuesday. New Year’s Eve fireworks in Australia’s capital and other cities have been canceled as the wildfire danger worsens in oppressive summer heat, and pressure was building for Sydney’s iconic celebrations to be similarly scrapped.
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COURTESY AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORP., CHANNEL 9, CHANNEL 7 VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this image made from video, an aerial scene shows fires burning in East Grippsland, Victoria state, Tuesday.
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COURTESY AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORP., CHANNEL 9, CHANNEL 7 VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

An aerial scene shows fires burning and smoke rising close to properties in Bundoora, Victoria state, Monday.
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COURTESY NSW RURAL FIRE SERVICE VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

Firefighters are seen as they try to protect homes around Charmhaven, New South Wales, Monday.
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COURTESY JULIAN SMITH / AAP IMAGES VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

A CFA firefighter is seen working as a fire hit Clovemont Way in Bundoora outside Melbourne, Monday.
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In this image made from video, an aerial scene shows a truck driving near fire burning in Harrogate, South Australia, Dec. 25, 2019.
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COURTESY INGLESIDE RURAL FIRE BRIGADE VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this image made from video, fire brigade volunteers trying to tackle the fire in Kurrajong Heights, New South Wales, Dec. 23, 2019. Australian authorities have warned that the fires in New South Wales could fester for months, causing more angst for exhausted firefighters.
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COURTESY MICK TSIKAS / AAP IMAGES VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

A statue of Buddha damaged by Saturday's catastrophic bushfires in the Southern Highlands village of Balmoral, southwest of Sydney, is seen on Dec. 23, 2019. Around 200 wildfires were burning in four states, with New South Wales accounting for more than half of them, including 60 fires not contained.
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AUSTRALIAN POOL VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this image made from video, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison looks at fire damage from a helicopter near Gospers Mountain, New South Wales, Dec. 23, 2019.
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COURTESY DAN HIMBRECHTS / AAP IMAGES VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

NSW Rural Fire Service crew fight the Gospers Mountain Fire as it impacts a property at Bilpin, New South Wales state, Australia, Dec. 21, 2019. Prime Minister Scott Morrison, on Dec. 22, apologized for taking a family vacation in Hawaii as deadly bushfires raged across several states, destroying homes and claiming the lives of two volunteer firefighters.
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COURTESY OAKBANK BALHANNAH CFS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this image made from video, a koala drinks water from a bottle given by a firefighter in Cudlee Creek, South Australia, Dec. 22, 2019. Thousands of koalas are feared to have died in a wildfire-ravaged area north of Sydney, further diminishing Australia's iconic marsupial, while the fire danger accelerated in the country’s east as temperatures soared.
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COURTESY ADAM MUDGE VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

Koalas sit inside a home in Cudlee Creek, South Australia, after being rescued from fires at a garden, Dec. 20, 2019. Local firefighters assigned to protect a property from an approaching fire in South Australia helped a homeowner move koalas into her house to keep them safe from the flames.
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COURTESY DEAN LEWINS / AAP IMAGES VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rural Fire Service crew engage in property protection of a number of homes along the Old Hume Highway near the town of Tahmoor, New South Wales, as the Green Wattle Creek Fire threatens a number of communities in the southwest of Sydney, Dec. 19, 2019.
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COURTESY MICK TSIKAS / AAP IMAGES VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

A fire truck is seen during a bushfire near Bilpin, 90 kilometers (56 miles) northwest of Sydney, Dec. 19, 2019.
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Firefighters talk with local residents as a fire burns near Mangrove Mountain, north of Sydney, Dec. 10, 2019. Hot dry conditions have brought an early start to the fire season.
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Father Nektarios, right, and Father Eusebios, abbot of the Greek Orthdox Monastery, Pantanassa, look over the monastery as a fire burns near Mangrove Mountain, north of Sydney, Dec. 10, 2019.
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A power company crew clear a burnt tree that has fallen across wires near Mangrove Mountain, north of Sydney, Dec. 10, 2019.
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A wallaby hops across a road to flee a fire near Mangrove Mountain, north of Sydney, Dec. 10, 2019.
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A Rural Fire Service firefighters starts a controlled backburn in an effort to contain an approaching fire near Nattai, southwest of Sydney, Australia, Dec. 7, 2019.
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