Never before have bushfires struck Australia on such a scale
country accustomed to bushfires, the scenes look apocalyptic. Swathes of eastern Australia have burned. Aswent to press, more than 129 fires were raging in the states of New South Wales and Queensland. Together they have swallowed more than 2.5m acres , producing smoke so thick that it can be seen from space. At least 200 homes have been incinerated and four people killed in the inferno.
The kindling was laid by the drought that has been ravaging eastern Australia for two years. It has killed trees and dried turf which would normally be too damp to burn, creating what Martin Rice of the Climate Council, an, calls “tinderbox conditions”. The fires have been fanned by strong winds and scorching temperatures. In New South Wales, 300 new blazes started on November 12th alone—“and it isn’t even summer yet”, observes Matt Sun of the state’s Rural Fire Service.
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