It’s been… too dangerous and we simply can’t access, nor can the people in these areas get out,” he said. Fires were raging across the country and the defense force said it could take days for the military to reach people in some remote areas. “We’ll be prioritizing those [fires] and hitting them as hard as we can. For weeks, major Australian cities have been choked by toxic bushfire smoke, and on Wednesday air quality reached hazardous levels in Canberra as visibility in the capital plummeted. Satellite images showed smoke from the latest fires had blown across the Tasman Sea to reach New Zealand.

Source: Manila Times January 01, 2020 16:16 UTC