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the “mega-fire” under control, the expected rain

Firefighters said they had taken over the huge blaze that was burning northwest of the Sydney suburbs.

Through Le Figaro with AFP

Members of the Australian Department of Defense (illustration).
Members of the Australian Department of Defense (illustration). AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE / Handout via Reuters

Australian firefighters announced that they had succeeded Monday (January 13th) in controlling the largest “mega-fire” in the country, which had been out of control for almost three months while rainy weather is expected.

New South Wales state firefighters said they finally got the upper hand in their fight against the huge blaze that burned out of control in the mountainous area of ​​Gospers, northwest of the Sydney suburbs . On a visit to the region on Monday, fire chief in rural New South Wales, Shane Fitzsimmons, said that “it remained to finish with a small area” but that “the confinement prognosis looks promising“. In this national park, this “mega-fire” ravaged an area three times larger than Greater London and generated other foci, bringing to 800,000 the total number of hectares destroyed, an area larger than Austria .

As residents and authorities continue to cope with the scale of the disaster on Monday, meteorological services have announced up to 50 millimeters of rain for next week in some affected areas, relief after months of prolonged drought. If these forecasts are confirmed, it will represent “all our Christmas, birthday, engagement, anniversary and graduation gifts combined into one. Fingers crossedSaid Shane Fitzsimmons.

Dozens of other fires have already been brought under control.

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