Canadian firefighters have volunteered to give up Christmas with their families and fly to Australia to help with the bushfire crisis
The crack team has answered Australia's call for help during what's expected to be one of the country's worst bushfire seasons on record.
Almost 1200 firefighters are tackling large bushfires on the NSW mid-north coast among scores of blazes around the state.Firefighters will gather in Vancouver on Tuesday before flying to Sydney for an expected 38-day deployment.
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