where are the australian fires taking place?
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The fires are concentrated along Australia's southeast coast, in the states of New South Wales and Victoria. The southeast is the most severely affected, but fires have also hit every Australian state and territory this season.
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New South Wales and Victoria have been worst affected Fires have raged near the Australian capital Canberra for weeks - at one stage shutting the city's airport as flames approached the perimeter. ... But the NSW Rural Fire Service says it expects most of the flames to spread south east.
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In northern NSW large fires are burning in the region between Port Macquarie and Byron Bay. Further south there are fears that the vast Gospers Mountain fire, which originated in the Wollemi National Park, may merge with the Green Wattle Creek blaze in the lower Blue Mountains.
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A 'Section 44 Bushfire Emergency' has been declared for Richmond Valley, Lismore, Kyogle, Byron Bay, Ballina and Tweed Valley Local Government areas. A Total Fire Ban is in place.
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Australia has always experienced bushfires - it has a "fire season". But this year they are a lot worse than normal. Fires are usually caused by lightning strikes or accidentally by a spark - but some fires are also started deliberately.
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About 150 fires are still burning in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland, feeding off tinder-dry conditions. Fifty houses were destroyed or damaged in NSW on Tuesday but no lives were lost, officials said. ... On Wednesday, blazes caused fresh emergencies in Queensland.
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The fires started in various ways: some by lightning, some by human actions, including arson. However, it's the climate conditions that provide ample fuel for the fires to grow and spread. Before the fires ignited, Australia was already enduring its hottest and driest year on record.
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Are the Australian wildfires affecting the Australian Open? Because the Australian Open takes place in Melbourne, which is far enough away from the fires that the air quality fluctuates depending on wind patterns and other weather conditions, it's unclear how much effect the wildfires will have on the tournament.
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1) The fires ignited amid a record-breaking heat wave The fires started in various ways: some by lightning, some by human actions, including arson. ... Much of the severe heat was accompanied by brisk winds across much of Australia, which exacerbates fire risks and spreads blazes.
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The Cudlee Creek fire broke out in catastrophic conditions in the Adelaide Hills on Friday. It has destroyed 72 homes across the area. Smoke is causing poor air quality in Adelaide.
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Officials In Australia's New South Wales Celebrate: 'All Fires Are Now Contained' Firefighters spray water on a smoldering tree in the wake of a bushfire near Bumbalong in New South Wales, Australia. February has brought much-needed rain to the state, where fires have burned about 13.3 million acres of land.
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SYDNEY, Australia — Wildfires that began in September, consumed millions of acres of forest and burned through beachside towns and suburbs are finally out in most of New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, emergency services said Friday.
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From September 2019 until March 2020, when the final fire was extinguished, Australia had one of the worst bush fires in history. 2019 had been the hottest record year for Australia, with the bushfire season starting in June 2019.
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Fire officials in Australia are celebrating a landmark moment, saying that for the first time in what has been a horrendous wildfire season, every fire in hard-hit New South Wales is now under control. ... "Not all fires are out," Rogers added, noting that some fires are burning in the state's far south.
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New South Wales and Victoria have been worst affected Fires have raged near the Australian capital Canberra for weeks - at one stage shutting the city's airport as flames approached the perimeter. On Friday, the worst blaze was just south of the district of Tuggeranong, a 20-minute drive south of Parliament House.
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The main cause of fire ignitions of Australia's bushfires is dry lightning, essentially lightning from thunderstorms that don't produce rain.
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Australia fires: New South Wales blazes all 'contained' All of the bushfires in New South Wales (NSW) are now considered contained, say fire officials in the Australian state. The NSW Rural Fire Service said it was "great news" after "a very traumatic, exhausting and anxious" time.