Media ID: 55319948
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A Rural Fire Service fire-fighter sprays water onto a small fire burning near a home in the Blue Mountains suburb of Faulconbridge, located around 50 miles west of Sydney, on October 22, 2013. (REUTERS/John Donegan-ABC)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 22, 2013 | World
Sydney, Reuters—Australian firefighters worked desperately on Tuesday to contain massive wildfires burning in mountains west of Sydney, but with forecasts of high winds and dangerously hot weather, authorities fear more houses and lives will be lost. More than 200...
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Smoke rises from a fire near Springwood, west of Sydney, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/New South Wales Rural Fire Service)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 20, 2013 | World
Canberra, Australia—Firefighters battling some of the most destructive wildfires to ever strike Australia’s most populous state were focusing on a major blaze Sunday near the town of Lithgow that stretched along a 190-mile front. Authorities warned that high...
