Bushfires raging across New South Wales
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An extreme heatwave sweeping Australia is expected to affect parts of New South Wales as firefighters battle multiple fires across the state
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AUSTRALIA
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NEW SOUTH WALES

QUEENSLAND
Brisbane

Gold Coast 
Byron Bay
Grafton 
Coffs Harbour
Port Macquarie
Newcastle
Central Coast
Sydney 
Wollongong

Mount Piper power station
Generates estimated 10 percent of state’s power

Blue Mountains National Park

Kanangra-Boyd National Park

PACIFIC OCEAN

*Australian Capital Territory 

Wollemi National Park

Canberra
Batemans Bay 

VICTORIA
ACT*

200km 125 miles
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Bushfire toll 
Six people killed, More than 700 homes destroyed, 1.2 million hectares of bushland burned
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Active fire / burned area As of Dec 17
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Sources: BBC, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS