Australia faces extreme bushfire danger as temperatures near 50C
Hundreds told to evacuate as out-of-control bushfire threatens Victoria’s Otways amid record heat
MELBOURNE, Australia — Authorities ordered hundreds of people to evacuate rural communities in southeast Australia as an out-of-control bushfire threatened towns in Victoria’s Otways region during a punishing heatwave that pushed temperatures toward state records.
Emergency warnings expanded to additional rural districts as fire conditions deteriorated. “Due to extreme weather today, the fire is predicted to rapidly expand and…