Bushfires eased near Australia's capital, Canberra, on Monday, as temperatu...
MELBOURNE - Bushfires eased near Australia’s capital, Canberra, on Monday, as temperatures dipped, but officials warned heavy smoke was set to blow into the city with a shift in the wind.
While a fire continued to burn out of control southwest of Canberra, warnings were downgraded to “advice” for people in the area, with no properties under threat. “A change in wind direction is expected to bring heavy smoke over urban areas of Canberra,” the Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services said on its web site.
Australia’s prolonged bushfire season has killed 33 people and an estimated 1 billion native animals since September. About 2,500 homes have been destroyed and more than 11.7 million hectares of tinder-dry bushland have been razed.
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