The Australian authorities confirmed the number of victims while fighting to fight the fire that has produced such a large amount of smoke, which could reach South America.
The death toll from the devastating fires that have been burning for almost a week in eastern Australia, rose to four while the smoke has reached beyond the New Zealand coast and could reach South America.
Firefighters fight against the clock before conditions worsen over the weekend, while the Police of New South Wales reported in a statement that a body was found last night in a wooded area west of the city of Kempsey, located on the north coast of this state.
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The four dead have been found in recent days in the central and northern cost of New South Wales, the area most affected by these forest fires that have injured more than one hundred people and calcined some 300 buildings in an area of more than 11,000 square kilometers.
There are about 60 fires active, half of them without containing in New South Wales, where some 1,200 firefighters try to mitigate the flames in the face of a worsening of conditions, such as rising temperatures and winds.
Dozens of fires also burn in the neighboring state of Queensland and authorities have ordered evacuation to towns such as Noosa North Shore and Woodgates. At the other end of the country, in Western Australia, almost twenty fires burn in this territory rich in mineral and hydrocarbon resources that will have temperatures over 35 degrees.
The smoke spreads
The Copernicus Atmospheric Surveillance Service told Efe in a statement that the fires in eastern Australia, which are unprecedented in the last 16 years, have caused air quality problems in the region.
“The smoke from the fires has been transported beyond New Zealand and has spread over the South Pacific. According to satellite observations, it could reach South America in the next few days, ”said the statement of this European organization.
The fire season in Australia varies according to the area and weather conditions although they are generally recorded in the southern summer (between the months of December to March). In recent years, forest fires in Australia – which this year has also suffered a severe drought – have increased in intensity and experts link this virulence to the effects of climate change.
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