A firefighter conducting back burning measures to secure residential areas from encroaching bushfires at the Mangrove area, some 90km north of Sydney. - AFP
Sydney: Smoke haze from bushfires raging in Australia spread to the capital on Sunday Dec 8, as firefighters raced to contain more than 140 blazes ahead of a heatwave forecast early this week.
Australia is experiencing a horrific start to its fire season, which scientists say began earlier and is more extreme this year due to a prolonged drought and the effects of climate change.
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