BURRAGATE, Australia - As the sky darkened and the smoke billowed through the village, it seemed to those hunkering at the fire station that “The Beast” would finally roar through. But the wildfire only crept closer, prodding forward a few tentative fingers before falling asleep again as the winds died. The weary volunteer firefighters of Burragate returned to bed early Saturday after a week of worry and false alarms. If the fire is going to burn through their southeast Australian town, they say, then they want it to get on with the job so they can start cleaning up. “But I don’t wish it on anyone else, either.”YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Alvaro said that on Friday, he was ready for the fire.

Source: thestar January 12, 2020 05:15 UTC