Image: NSW Rural Fire Service via ReutersBushfires continue to rage in Australian states, with one person dead and another is missing. By early evening, six fires in the state were rated at emergency level, including two around Sydney. Koalas safe in a house in Cudlee Creek, South Australia. The death followed another fatality in South Australia on Friday, the result of a car crash which sparked a fire. In Victoria, authorities said 142 fires had started in the state since Friday, with one burning at an emergency level late on Saturday afternoon.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 21, 2019 21:22 UTC