Waterbombers assisted ground crew to battle the flames as at least 64 bush and grass fires burned across New South Wales—including 40 that were not contained. At least three people have died and a number are unaccounted for.
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Doctors and paramedics have treated more than 100 people for fire-related injuries, including 20 firefighters, Ambulance Commissioner Dominic Morgan said. "The catastrophic weather conditions mean that things can change very quickly," she told reporters in Sydney. Australia is the world's largest exporter of coal and liquid natural gas. It is also the world's driest continent after Antarctic, which scientists say leaves Australians particularly vulnerable to weather extremes associated with a changing climate.
The leader of the minor Australian Greens party, Richard Di Natale, and the party's climate spokesman, Adam Bandt, blamed Prime Minister Scott Morrison's government for the crisis.Morrison said Saturday that he had not considered whether the unprecedented fires were linked to climate change.
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