Fire threat returns
Since September, Australia has battled an ongoing bushfire crisis which has killed at least 30 people. More than 10 million hectares - an area almost the size of England - have been destroyed in blazes which have had the most impact in NSW and Victoria states. Recent days of thunderstorms and rain across fire grounds had helped halve the number of blazes burning in the region since the start of the year. However, fire chiefs warned that the sporadic rain would only provide short-term relief ahead of the return of dangerous conditions. Smoke from the fires shrouding Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday Temperatures in Sydney on Thursday soared past 40C (104F) in the city's west. "We've got thousands of kilometres of fire perimeter," NSW Rural Fire Services Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told reporters on Thursday. "All of the fires that we've still got, whether they're under control or are still being worked on, are going to be tested today." By midday on Thursday, more than half a dozen blazes were burning at "emergency level" on the south coast. Severe thunderstorms and hail caused havoc in Canberra and Melbourne earlier this weekDISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
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