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January 13, 2020 at 11:10 pm

Australian village scorched by wildfires struggles with loss VIEW

NERRIGUNDAH, Australia (AP) — Ash Graham’s dog, Kozi, wakes him at 8 a.m., eager for his morning walk. Then Graham realizes he was dreaming, and...

January 11, 2020 at 9:17 pm

Australian village ready for ‘The Beast’ to burn on through VIEW

BURRAGATE, Australia (AP) — As the sky darkened and the smoke billowed through the village, it seemed to those hunkering at the fire station that...

A firefighter keeps an eye on a controlled fire as they work at building a containment line at a wildfire near Bodalla, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. Authorities are using relatively benign conditions forecast in southeast Australia for a week or more to consolidate containment lines around scores of fires that are likely to burn for weeks without heavy rainfall. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) XRR107 XRR107

January 11, 2020 at 4:02 pm

Australia turns from defense to offense in wildfire battle VIEW

BODALLA, Australia (AP) — Crews battling Australia's wildfires said Sunday that they have been able to turn from defense to offense for the first time...

January 10, 2020 at 1:47 pm

2 Aussie wildfires merge into inferno; man seriously burned VIEW

BURRAGATE, Australia (AP) — Two wildfires merged to form a massive inferno in southeastern Australia and a man suffered serious burns protecting a home, in...

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January 9, 2020 at 6:42 pm

North Americans adjust to Aussie lingo as they fight fires VIEW

MORUYA, Australia (AP) — Bimbimbie. Wamban. Ulladulla. Australia's place names can be a mouthful to pronounce, and it's one of the challenges that Canadian firefighter...

January 9, 2020 at 5:25 pm

Australians leave homes as heat, winds escalate fire danger VIEW

EDEN, Australia (AP) — Thousands of people fled their homes and helicopters dropped supplies to towns at risk of nearby wildfires as hot, windy conditions...

January 8, 2020 at 9:23 pm

World’s largest volunteer force fights Australia’s wildfires VIEW

TOMERONG, Australia (AP) — The wildfire was behaving erratically last week, and Doug Schutz and his team needed to make a quick decision. So they...

January 8, 2020 at 5:16 pm

Australians on SE coast urged to flee as fire risk escalates VIEW

TOMERONG, Australia (AP) — Residents in the path of wildfires razing southeast Australia were urged to evacuate on Thursday if they don’t intend to defend...

January 7, 2020 at 5:25 pm

Family’s fortress no match for rapacious Australian fires VIEW

BALMORAL, Australia (AP) — With flames climbing as high as a 15-story building and menacing his supposedly fireproof home on three sides, Justin Kam ran...

New South Wales Rural Fire Service crew watch as the casket of NSW RFS volunteer Andrew O’Dwyer arrives for his funeral service at Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church in Horsley Park, Sydney, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. O’Dwyer, 36, and RFS colleague Geoffrey Keaton were killed six days before Christmas when a tree fell in the path of their truck at the still-burning Green Wattle Creek fire, causing it to roll. (Twitter@NSWRFS via AP) SYD802 SYD802

January 6, 2020 at 4:53 pm

Australian crews race to contain blazes as damage bill soars

BALMORAL, Australia (AP) — Bolstered by cooler weather and desperately needed rain, exhausted firefighters in Australia raced to shore up defenses against deadly wildfires before...