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New South Wales Rural Fire Service firefighter Elisabeth Goh monitors a hazard reduction burn in Sydney, Australia, September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Cordelia Hsu/File Photo
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Bushfires in parts of southeast Australia amid spring heatwave

Around 17,000 hectares (66 square miles) were ablaze on Tuesday in the eastern part of Victoria state's Gippsland region after high winds spread fires overnight, according to state fire...

Firefighters battling the blaze in the suburb of Brigadoon on Tuesday. Photo: BBC
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Bushfire smoke blankets Australian city under Covid-19 lockdown

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2020: Remembering the year we mostly want to forget

Koalas sit inside a home in Cudlee Creek, South Australia, after being rescued from fires at a garden. Photo / AP
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Australia's 'black summer' bushfires killed or harmed more than 60,000 koalas: WWF

An aerial view shows bushfires on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia, in this still image taken from video released on 2 December, 2020. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services/via Reuters
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Australia bushfire threatens township on World Heritage-listed Fraser island

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Estimated 3 billion animals affected by Australia bushfires: study

Smoke rises after fires burn through the Amazon rainforest in Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. Photo Bloomberg
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Catastrophic fires released billions of tonnes of CO2 in 2019

Pedestrians hold umbrellas during wet weather in Sydney, Australia, February 7, 2020. AAP Image/Peter Rae/via REUTERS
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Australia welcomes drought-easing drenching, even as it brings floods

Melted metal from a vehicle destroyed in the recent bushfires is pictured in Conjola Park, New South Wales, Australia, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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State of emergency declared as bushfire threatens Australian capital

A koala stands in the field with bushfire burning in the background, in Kangaroo Island, Australia January 9, 2020 in this still image obtained from social media/Reuters
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Australia's rainy respite from bushfires seen ending

FILE PHOTO: A burning gum tree is felled to stop it from falling on a car in Corbago, as bushfires continue in New South Wales, Australia January 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy
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Bodies of US firefighters retrieved from crash site in Australia

A destroyed building is seen at the Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat after a wildfire raged through the property in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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Australia mourns U.S. firefighters as probe into plane crash begins

A television reporter stands in front of a Large Air Tanker (LAT) C-130 Hercules as it drops a load of around 15,000 litres during a display by the Rural Fire Service ahead of the bushfire season at RAAF Base Richmond Sydney, Australia, September 1, 2017. Photo: Reuters
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Air tanker fighting Australia bushfires crashes, killing three US firefighters