News of the blaze has been airing for days across local news media and fire crews have been battling the fires since the beginning. There have been over 100 fires burning coming into Thursday and emergency workers cannot keep up.
When temperatures are hot and the wind is strong there is always going to be a chance of fires getting out of control. In this typically dry area, residents need to realize that they are putting their homes and their family's lives at risk by living among this dense, dry foliage. Thankfully fire crews were able to put out six of the fires today and the weather is finally calling for cooler temperatures and rain tomorrow. There is still an emergency warning continuing at this point and people are being ordered to stay out of the path of the fires. Emergency Services Minister Michael Gallacher was quoted today on ABC as saying, "They're saying if we get away with 100 house losses just in homes being lost in Springwood we're going to come off very lucky." He continued, "Given what we saw yesterday it's pretty clear we're going to have some absolutely shattered people and a shattered community this morning."
Although this area is known for frequent bush fires, reportedly none have ever been this severe. Lets just hope that no one else is hurt by these fires and lets hope that people realize the power that hazards like this can have and learn how to not put themselves in harm's way again.
Sources:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/bushfires/nsw-bushfires-still-very-dangerous-as-first-fatality-is-revealed/story-fngw0i02-1226742219464
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/17/world/asia/australia-fires/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nry__T_G4nc
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