Thousands of firefighters ready on the australian east coast, where fierce gale force winds, burning hot temperatures and a knastørt landscape has created “catastrophic fire hazard”.
The last few days, firefighters battled more than 100 forest fires in the states of New South Wales and Queensland.
Authorities fear that the weather the next few days will exacerbate the situation.
That is expected in some areas, temperatures up to 40 degrees and a fierce wind with gusts up to 60 kilometres an hour.
More than 600 schools have been closed due to the high fire hazard, like many national parks have been closed to visitors.
in Addition, there is adopted a total afbrændingsforbud, and residents have been asked to leave several areas on the east coast.
Shane Fitzsimmons, who is the director of the fire service in New South Wales, warns that “if more fires are beginning to take hold, so we can’t stop them”.
– It is now, one must take precautions, and if you decide to leave an area, do it in good time, he says.
– We already have a large number of active fires on the north coast in New South Wales. Several of them extending each over 100,000 hectares.
the Police and the military have been put in to help the fire department with the logistics. There are deployed more than 80 aircraft and helicopters, which can throw the water over the dry landscapes.
on Monday stated the authorities of the state of emergency in the areas around the city of Sydney. Here were the residents warned of “catastrophic fire hazard”.
this is The first time ever that there has been so much fire hazard in the areas around Sydney, which is Australia’s largest city.
Three people have lost their lives at the weekend during the fires in New South Wales. Thousands have been evacuated and at least 150 homes have been destroyed by the flames.
