Demonstrators carrying placards during the Fund The Firies And Demand Climate Justice Protest in Sydney, Australia, on Friday (Jan 10). The fires in Australia have come as the country is polarised by the debate over global warming. - Bloomberg
EDEN: Gale-force winds in Australia merged two enormous fires into a megablaze spanning an area four times the size of Greater London on Friday (Jan 10), while tens of thousands rallied to again demand action on climate change.
"The conditions are difficult today," said Shane Fitzsimmons, rural fire service commissioner for New South Wales state, after days of relative calm.
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