Australia Wildfire
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World’s largest volunteer force fights Australia’s wildfires
World | Jan 10, 2020, 08:36 AM ISTIf anybody was qualified to make that call, it was Schutz. He began volunteering with the Rural Fire Service in Australia’s New South Wales state some 53 years ago, at the age of 13, back when Land Rovers were used as firetrucks.
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Australia commits billions of dollars to wildfire recovery
World | Jan 06, 2020, 12:13 PM ISTAustralia’s government on Monday said it was willing to pay “whatever it takes” to help communities recover from deadly wildfires that have ravaged the country.
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Emergency declared in Australia as widfire rages across New South Wales
World | Nov 11, 2019, 09:29 AM ISTCatastrophic fire danger has been declared for Sydney and the Hunter Valley region to the north on Tuesday with severe and extreme danger across vast tracts of the rest of the state. The week-long declaration of a state of emergency gives the Rural Fire Service sweeping powers.
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Wildfires rage across Australia
World | Jan 08, 2013, 03:43 PM ISTCooma, Australia, Jan 8: Firefighters battled scores of wildfires raging across south-east Australia on Tuesday as authorities evacuated national parks and warned that blistering temperatures and high winds had led to “catastrophic” conditions in some