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Raging wildfires trap 4,000 on Australian town’s waterfront

About 12.35 million acres of land have burned nationwide during the wildfire crisis.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2019-12-31 14:47
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In this image dated Dec. 30, 2019, and provided by NSW Rural Fire Service via their twitter account, firefighters are seen as they try to protect homes around Charmhaven, New South Wales. Wildfires burning across Australia's two most-populous states Tuesday trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions, destroyed many properties and caused fatalities. (Twitter@NSWRFS via AP)

In this image dated Dec. 30, 2019, and provided by NSW Rural Fire Service via their twitter account, firefighters are seen as they try to protect homes around Charmhaven, New South Wales. Wildfires burning across Australia's two most-populous states Tuesday trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions, destroyed many properties and caused fatalities. (Twitter@NSWRFS via AP)

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Wildfires burning across Australia’s two most populous states have trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions, destroyed many properties and caused at least two deaths.

About 12.35 million acres of land have burned nationwide during the wildfire crisis, with 12 people confirmed dead and more than 1,000 homes destroyed.

The annual Australian fire season, which peaks during the Southern Hemisphere summer, started early after an unusually warm and dry winter. Record-breaking heat and windy conditions triggered wildfires in New South Wales and Queensland states in September.

In the south-eastern town of Mallacoota in Victoria state, around 4,000 residents fled to the waterside as winds pushed an emergency-level wildfire towards their homes. The town was shrouded in darkness from the smoke before turning an unnerving shade of bright red.

Victoria state premier Daniel Andrews said there were plans to evacuate the trapped people by sea. There also were grave fears for four people missing. “We can’t confirm their whereabouts,” he told reporters on Tuesday.

He has requested assistance from 70 firefighters from the US and Canada.

Given the severity of the current fires and the scale of the recovery effort, we're establishing a Bushfire Response and Recovery Taskforce. It will coordinate State Government agencies and cut any red tape – so we can get relief where it's needed faster.https://t.co/0C2kZUq5Dq

— Dan Andrews (@DanielAndrewsMP) December 31, 2019

Victoria Emergency Services Commissioner Andrew Crisp confirmed “significant” property losses across the region.

Fire conditions worsened in Victoria and New South Wales after oppressive heat on Monday mixed with strong winds and lightning.

Police in New South Wales said on Tuesday that two men, believed to be father and son, died in a house in the wildfire-ravaged south-eastern town of Cobargo, while there are fears for another man missing.

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“They were obviously trying to do their best with the fire as it came through in the early hours of the morning,” New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys said.

“The other person that we are trying to get to, we think that person was trying to defend their property in the early hours of the morning.”

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On Monday, a firefighter was killed when extreme winds overturned his truck. Samuel McPaul, 28, was the third volunteer firefighter in New South Wales to have died in the past two weeks. He was an expectant father.

The state’s Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said a “significant” number of properties had been destroyed.

Some communities cancelled new year fireworks celebrations, but Sydney’s popular display over its famous harbour front was to go ahead. The city was granted an exemption to a total fireworks banin place there and elsewhere to prevent new wildfires.

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