Out of control: bushfires blaze across Australia's east coast – in pictures.

12 11 2019 | 04:59

At least 100 homes have been destroyed in the bushfires, with two people dead and five unaccounted for. More than 35 people were injured, including 16 firefighters, and more than 80 fires were still burning throughout NSW and Queensland as of Saturday afternoon.

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A water-bombing plane drops fire retardant on a bushfire in Harrington, 335km north east of Sydney on Friday.
Photograph: Shane Chalker/AAP

 

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Firefighters work to contain a bushfire along Old Bar Road in Old Bar, New South Wales on Saturday.
Photograph: Darren Pateman/AAP

 

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A from Nasa Earth Observatory shows a satellite image of the bushfires raging near the coast of New South Wales, sending smoke billowing over the Tasman Sea.
Photograph: Nasa Earth Observatory Handout/EPA

 

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Smoke seen in the distance near Tuncurry, NSW.
Photograph: Shane Chalker/AAP

 

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An Aircrane water-bombing helicopter drops water on bushfires in Harrington, on Friday.
Photograph: Shane Chalker/AAP

 

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Smoke and fire is seen in the distance near Rainbow Flats, NSW.
Photograph: Shane Chalker/AAP

 

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A fire-bombing helicopter works to contain a bushfire along Old Bar Road in Old Bar, NSW, on Saturday.
Photograph: Darren Pateman/AAP

 

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A resident watches the progress of bushfires near houses in Old Bar, NSW, on Saturday.
Photograph: Darren Pateman/AAP

 

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A NSW Rural Fire Service firefighter conducts property protection as a bushfire burns close to homes on Railway Parade in Woodford, NSW.
Photograph: STRINGER/Reuters

 

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A bushfire burns close to homes on Railway Parade, Woodford.
Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

 

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NSW Rural Fire Service and Fire and Rescue NSW personnel conduct property protection on Railway Parade in Woodford.
Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

 

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A bushfire burns close to homes on Railway Parade in Woodford, NSW.
Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

 

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The remains of a B Double trailer smoulders on the Pacific Highway, south of Taree.
Photograph: Darren Pateman/AAP

 

 

 

9 November 2019

The Guardian