Dozens of blazes in NSW, Queensland and Tasmania as extreme heatwave moves north
Dozens of fires are burning across the east coast of Australia during the spring heatwave with residents forced to evacuate homes and Sydney expected ti seat a new September heat record.
Sydney was expected to break its September heat record on Wednesday afternoon with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting a maximum city temperature of 35C. “It’s September and we’re already experiencing four days in a row of temperatures above 30C with high winds,” he told reporters on Wednesday. “We have concerns for every single fire, and a southerly change expected later today could fire activity on those fire grounds,” he said. “But what we don’t want to see today is new fires ahead of the really strong winds and high temperatures.”
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