Britons have been issued an Australian travel warning over situations which could cause “risk to life very suddenly”.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have issued a travel warning over a high risk of bushfires.
The warning states there is a higher risk of bushfires during the spring and summer seasons, which Australia is now in.
The FCDO’s safety guidance says “bushfires can start and change direction and become a risk to life very suddenly”.
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The safety advice goes on to suggest a variety of apps tourists could use to monitor potential bushfires.
The FCDO safety advice adds: “Previous fires resulted in the loss of lives and property, with many residents and visitors advised to evacuate.”
One bushfire currently burns in Lithgow, New South Wales.
The Genowlan Road bushfire was tackled by Australia’s first-ever night-time helicopter water bombing.
Bushfires occur most frequently during the spring and summer seasons
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Some 200,000 litres of water have been dropped on the fire across 27 nighttime flights.
New South Wales Rural Fire Service deputy commissioner Ben Millington told ABC news: “Overnight weather patterns often see fire activity ease considerably and that's giving firefighters a critical window.”
“We try and take advantage of that and using aircraft and the water they are able to drop certainly enhances our ability to do so.
“It is a game-changer for us.”
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The FCDO warns bushfires can come on 'very suddenly'
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The blaze is currently being controlled but has already burned more than 500 acres.
It is hoped that storm activity will be able to extinguish the fire permanently.
Mr Millington said: “Hopefully that fireground will receive some rainfall, we aren't expecting significant rain.
“That may hamper our access efforts but the ground crews have done a fantastic job on that fire.”
Last year, the Grampians, a region in Victoria, was engulfed in bushfires over Christmas.
Residents were forced to evacuate from homes, but allowed to briefly return to retrieve items for Christmas.
The bushfires burned over 101,000 acres of land, claimed four residential properties, and over 700 sheep.
The area is just now recovering ecologically, as most trees were burned.
During the 2019-2020 bushfire season, it is believed that billions of Australian dollars were lost due to tourists not travelling to the area.
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