A mural is seen on the side of a building in Jindabyne, a township affected by the Dunns Road bushfire, in New South Wales, Australia, January 3, 2020, in this image obtained via social media. Sharon Dawson via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian village of Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains region has been evacuated and is under threat from fast-approaching fires that have razed bushland in the country's east.
The mountain area is located 200 km (125 miles) inland from the mass exodus occurring along the country's more heavily populated south-east coast, where fires have claimed 10 lives since Monday.
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