Australians Brace For Flames As 'Frighteningly Quick' Bushfires Advance Toward Sydney
"Prime Minister Scott Morrison is calling up 3,000 reservists for operations related to
the massive bushfires in eastern Australia that have forced mass evacuations and killed at least 11 people since Monday."
"Record heat has contributed to the ferocity of blazes. Flames now threaten the outskirts of the country's largest city, Sydney."
"Authorities are warning of worsening conditions over the weekend. The rural fire service deputy commissioner for New South Wales, Rob Rogers, has warned of the 'frighteningly quick' advance of the blazes."
"'With the fuel loads that we've got and the drought conditions and the current weather conditions that we have, frankly, we can't put these large fires out,' Mick Holton, president of the Volunteer Fire Fighters Association, told NPR's Morning Edition."
"Forecasters from Australia's Bureau of Meteorology expect the weather on Saturday to intensify the fire dangers in New South Wales and Victoria."