Eight bushfires merge near Sydney, which cannot be contained

New South Wales rural fire service and rescue crews as fire approaches Mangrove Mountain, Australia, December 6 2019. Picture: AAP VIA REUTERS/DAN HIMBRECHTSSeveral Australian bushfires have combined to form a “mega-fire” that is burning out of control across a swathe of land north of Sydney, authorities said on Friday, warning that they cannot contain the blaze.

“There is just fire that whole way,” said Rogers, who added that firefighters could do little more than get any residents out, protect property and hope for an end to fire-friendly dry and windy conditions. We “cannot stop these fires, they will just keep burning until conditions ease, and then we’ll try to do what we can to contain them”, he told public broadcaster ABC. “The best thing we can do is try to protect property and people as much as we can.

Dramatic footage of firefighters running from a wall of fire ripping through the tree canopy above them was captured overnight in Orangeville, less than 100km west of Sydney. The local fire and rescue team that shot the images said no-one was injured and the vehicles surrounded by the swirling embers also survived the blaze.

“We are not only appreciative of their presence here today, but of their sacrifice,” said Fitzsimmons — who has become a fixture on Australian television screens for weeks, updating the public on blazes in towns, national parks and backwaters. “They are volunteering to sacrifice time from loved ones, from families, to give up that special time of the year around Christmas and New Year to come down here and lend us a hand,” he said.

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