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'Tinder Box-Like Conditions' Fuel Catastrophic Bushfires In Australia

More than 100 fires are raging in eastern Australia, and thousands of firefighters are battling the blazes amid brutally dry conditions that will likely get worse in the coming months.

As of early Thursday morning, there were nearly 70 fires burning in New South Wales – the most populous state in Australia – and more than 70 in neighboring Queensland.

The Insurance Council of Australia that it had received

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