Australia’s bushfire crisis intensifies

Authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales have declared a week-long state of emergency as thousands of residents and tourists flee worsening bushfire conditions


AUSTRALIA

Active fire / burned area 
As of Jan 2

Bushfire toll: At least 17 people killed, more than 1,400 homes destroyed, five million hectares of land burned

Tourist leave zone
Mass evacuation of people from fire-threatened areas


QUEENSLAND
Brisbane
Coffs Harbour
Port Macquarie
Wollemi National Park
NEW SOUTH WALES
Blue Mountains
Newcastle
Sydney
ACT* 
Canberra
PACIFIC OCEAN
Batemans Bay
VICTORIA
Melbourne
Bairnsdale
Mallacoota

200km 125 miles

*Australian Capital Territory 


Sources: Associated Press, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, VicEmergency 
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