MOUNT VICTORIA: Firefighters in Australia are battling hot, dry winds and soaring temperatures as new blazes were whipped up in a week-long bushfire emergency, but fears of a catastrophe eased.
With the crisis in its seventh day, 71 fires were raging across an area with a perimeter of 1,600km in New South Wales state and 29 of them were uncontained.
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