All fires burning in the Australian state of New South Wales have been declared contained for the first time this season.
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service called it"great news" after"a very traumatic, exhausting and anxious bush fire season so far."The fire service's deputy commissioner Rob Rogers said it had been"a truly devastating fire season for both firefighters and residents, who've suffered through so much this season.
It has taken a lot of work by firefighters, emergency services and communities to get to this point. #nswrfs pic.twitter.com/RhqmcYhJ1j — NSW RFS February 13, 2020 The announcement comes after months of fires in Australia left at least 28 people dead, about 3,000 homes destroyed and up to 1 billion animals affected.Firefighters said there was still some fire activity in the far south of the state, but with all fires contained, emergency workers could"really focus on helping people rebuild.
— Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales February 13, 2020 Australia faces a fire season every summer, but it had already had months of extreme heat and one of the worst droughts on record when this one began. There have been fires in every Australian state, but New South Wales was hardest hit, with smoke so bad in Sydney in December that air quality measured 11 times the"hazardous" level.
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