Fire Sweeps Across Popular Australian Tourist Island
SYDNEY, Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Residents and visitors on Australia’s Fraser Island, have been told to prepare for the worst, as an out of control bushfire swept towards a major tourist resort today.
The fire burnt over 72,000 hectares or 42 percent of the island, off Queensland State’s east coast, since spreading from an illegal campfire, six weeks ago.
Today, the first day of summer in Australia brought hot and windy conditions, which fanned flames and made firefighters’ work, to contain the blaze, more difficult.
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