1st Day w. No Rain Anywhere In Australia In Met. History; "Catastrophic" Fire Conditions In NSW

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1. Australia fires could be out of control for months, says fire chief

Source: Associated Press

Australia fires could be out of control for months, says fire chief

Ben Doherty in Sydney
@bendohertycorro
Tue 12 Nov 2019 14.29 GMT
First published on Tue 12 Nov 2019 10.51 GMT

It could be months before eastern Australia has more than a million hectares of bushfires under control, the New South Wales fire chief has warned, as the country faces one of its worst bushfire outbreaks.

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Shane Fitzsimmons, the commissioner of the NSW rural fire services, said: “The real challenge is we have an enormous amount of country that is still alight. They won’t have this out for days, weeks, months. Unfortunately the forecast is nothing but above-average temperatures and below-average rainfall over the next few months and we’ve still got summer around the corner.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/australia-fires-rage-out-of-control-catastrophic-day