Wildfires in eastern Australia pose an 'unprecedented' threat as bushfires rage across 2 Australian states.
"It is a very volatile and very dangerous set of circumstances that we are experiencing right across these fire grounds in New South Wales," New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said.
In Queensland, people in several towns including Cooroibah and Tewantin, with a combined population of around 6,500, were told to leave by the state's fire and emergency services. Australia had an early and fierce start to its bushfire season, with an elderly couple killed in a blaze in October. This is one of Australia's worst bushfire seasons with a record number of emergency warnings and firefighters battling dozens of fires.
The fire service said in a Twitter post that fire activity has eased across some fairgrounds but continue to pose a threat to homes.
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