Officials In Australia's New South Wales Celebrate: 'All Fires Are Now Contained'
One of the most stubborn fires to be declared out this week was a 2,000-acre beast that had been burning since July.
by Bill Chappell
Feb 13, 2020
2 minutes
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Updated at 2:20 p.m. ET
Fire officials in Australia are celebrating a landmark moment, saying that for the first time in what has been a horrendous wildfire season, every fire in hard-hit New South Wales is now under control. Bushfires have destroyed more than 2,400 homes and burned 5.4 million hectares of land – or about — in the country's most populous state.
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