Raging wildfires threatened Christmas plans for thousands of Australians after strict emergency travel bans were introduced following a string of deaths.
As of Saturday night ‘catastrophic’ fire warnings are in place across New South Wales, where more than 3,000 fire fighters have been mobilised to deal with more than 100 fires, the majority of which were uncontained and seven of which have emergency warnings.
Authorities urged people who planned to travel for Christmas to cancel their plans as conditions threaten to worsen in coming days.
NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian told a press conference: “We are asking everybody not to travel on roads anywhere near the vicinity of an active fire unless…
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