“Catastrophic fire danger’: Bushfires rage in Australia – evacuation started. In many parts of the country it is sunny, hot and dry.
As is often the case at this time of year, severe bush fires are blazing again this year. More than 20,000 hectares of land and six houses have already fallen victim to the flames in the southeast of Australia. There is also a fire in the West Down Under, south of Perth, that is out of control.