Bushfire fears as south-eastern Australia swelters through record heat

Emergency services say NSW and ACT ‘extremely vulnerable’ to bushfires as temperatures set to exceed 33C in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide Emergency services in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory have predicted a worse than usual bushfire season, as this week’s heatwave breaks December records in south-eastern Australia. The NSW Rural Fire Service warned that drier than average conditions made NSW “extremely vulnerable” to bushfires this