Australia: Thousands were told to evacuate Victoria state over fast spreading forest fire

In
Australia, tens of thousands of residents and holidaymakers in the state of
Victoria have been told to evacuate over worsening bushfire conditions

Officials
said, temperatures of over 40 degree centigrade, strong winds, thunderstorms
and a change of wind direction meant today wll be a day of extreme danger.

More than
100 fires are continuing to burn across Australia. The biggest are raging near
the city of Sydney in New South Wales, where more than a quarter of a million
people have signed a petition calling for the New Year’s Eve fireworks to be
cancelled and the money spent on fighting fires.