FILE PHOTO: New South Wales Rural Fire Service observers during back burnning operations near Picton, Australia December 22, 2019. Picture taken December 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jill Gralow
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian firefighters used cooler conditions on Christmas Day to try and contain bushfires ahead of hot, dry weather later in the week, as leaders and communities thanked them for sacrificing time with their families over the holidays.
In the state of New South Wales (NSW), which saw entire towns devastated by fires over the weekend, state premier Gladys Berejiklian and the head of the NSW rural fire service, Shane Fitzsimmons, attended a breakfast organised by volunteers in the small town of Colo, 90km (55 miles) northwest of Sydney.
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