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Photos: Sydney region faces 'catastrophic' bushfire threat

Australia girds for a fresh wave of deadly bushfires that have ravaged east of the country

Published: November 11, 2019 13:23 Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of 897791-01-08-1573460116247 — A fire rages in Bobin, 350km north of Sydney, as firefighters try to contain dozens of out-of-control blazes that are raging in the state of New South Wales. Australia is bracing for another week of devastating fires after emergency services warned that weather conditions could fuel the deadly flames. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 910729-01-08-1573460105532 — The burnt-out remains of cars and property belonging to Art Murphy and his wife Shirley are seen following bushfires in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney. A state of emergency on November 11 was declared and residents in the Sydney area were warned of "catastrophic" fire danger as Australia girded for a fresh wave of deadly bushfires that have ravaged the drought-stricken east of the country. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Australia_Wildfires_03958.jpg-dddaa~1-1573460109266 — Firefighters work to contain a bushfire along Old Bar road in Old Bar, Australia Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 910726-01-08-1573460123430 — The burnt-out remains of cars and property belonging to Art Murphy and his wife Shirley are seen following bushfires in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 904133-01-08-1573460113042 — Trees are burned black after a bushfire in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Australia_Wildfires_02008.jpg-28eb1~2-1573460145434 — Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters conduct property protection as a bushfire burns close to homes on Railway Parade in Woodford NSW Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2019-11-10T032639Z_1654105794_RC238D9I4CYW_RTRMADP_3_AUSTRALIA-BUSHFIRES-MORRISON-1573460128997 — Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison talks to locals during a visit to Club Taree Evacuation Centre in Taree, New South Wales Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2019-11-11T050626Z_400637662_RC2T8D9I9Q9E_RTRMADP_3_AUSTRALIA-BUSHFIRES-1573460155838 — A ferry passes in front of the Central Business District as smoke from bushfires shroud Sydney Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 910706-01-08-1573460119593 — Firefighters put spot fires out in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 904127-01-08-1573460137604 — A vintage Jaguar car sits in ruins after a bushfire destroyed a property in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 910654-01-08-1573460132226 — A helicoptor drops water on spot fires in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2019-11-10T055515Z_990860099_RC248D9AMQ9C_RTRMADP_3_AUSTRALIA-BUSHFIRES-1573460141563 — Smoke from a large bushfire is seen from a roadblock outside Wytaliba, near Glen Innes, Australia Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 910725-01-08-1573460166422 — The burnt-out remains of cars and property belonging to Art Murphy and his wife Shirley are seen following bushfires in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 904150-01-08-1573460126060 — Trees are burned black after a bushfire in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 905444-01-08-1573460133958 — Bushfires taken from a plane in over north eastern New South Wales Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 904128-01-08-1573460163507 — A vintage Jaguar car sits in ruins after a bushfire destroyed a property in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 903619-01-08-1573460152250 — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (L) comforts 85-year-old resident Owen Whalan at an evacauation centre in Taree 350km north of Sydney as firefighters try to contain dozens of out-of-control blazes that are raging in the state of New South Wales Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 910705-01-08-1573460159478 — A firefighter puts spot fires out in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 910724-01-08-1573460149063 — People look at a burnt-out section of their property which was caught in bushfires in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney Image Credit: AFP

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