BREAKING: Officials in Australia are searching for a water tanker plane that is feared to have crashed while fighting wildfires in New South Wales state.
A wildfire burns in the hills near Cobargo, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. Authorities are using relatively benign conditions forecast in southeast Australia for a week or more to consolidate containment lines around scores of fires that are likely to burn for weeks without heavy rainfall.
CANBERRA, Australia — Officials in Australia on Thursday searched for a water tanker plane feared to have crashed while fighting wildfires. The blaze started Wednesday but strong winds and high temperatures caused conditions in Canberra to deteriorate. A second fire near the airport that started on Thursday morning is at the “watch and act” level.
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