Already 55,000 Acres Burned Forests Australia

                            

SYDNEY, KOMPAS.com- More than 130 locations bushfires happening in the state of New South Wales, 40 of them have not been able to controlled by firefighters. In NSW, the fire had burned 55,000 acres of bush, but so far no casualties.

Up at 17.00 Sydney time and surroundings, the temperature began to fall, but officials said the threat of fire is still going on in various areas, the temperature will drop sharply just before midnight.

Also in NSW, a fire also occurred in the state of Victoria. Here, fires have destroyed at least one home. Fires still occur on the island of Tasmania, where the population in some parts of the area are reported too late to evacuate, and therefore advised to evacuate by sea.

"We are very lucky so far," said Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons , who also praised the "extraordinary efforts of firefighters" who perform their duties under the hot, hard, and dirty.

correspondent reported Compass in Australia, strong L. Literature Wijaya, so far about 1,500 firefighters were deployed in the state of NSW, with thousands of volunteers prepared to pitch in at any time.

Air temperature reaches 43 degrees exacerbated by strong winds blowing up to 70 kilometers per hours in some areas. In Sydney, on Tuesday afternoon, the visitors forced a large shopping center evacuated after an air-conditioning unit at the venue on fire.

AC at Toys R Us stores in the shopping center Westfield Liverpool on fire around 16:00, and around 200 visitors had to be evacuated.

Bush fires also occurred in Central Australia, where a large resort guests must evacuate to a safe place for a few hours. Guests at the resort King Canyon, about 300 kilometers from Alice Springs moved elsewhere due to a fire near the resort are threatening their safety.

Bush fires are part of the heat wave that hit Australia over the last few days. Monday was recorded as the hottest day in Australia's history, beating the previous record of 40.17 degrees in 1972. On Monday, the average temperature across Australia was 40.33 degrees.

This record might be broken because this Tuesday the temperature even higher. The maximum temperature exceeds 40 degrees recently happened three times in the history of Australia.