Malacañang on Monday assured the public the government had taken steps to ensure the safety of Filipinos as catastrophic bushfires continue to blaze across Australia.
A woodchip mill burnt by bushfires is seen as smoke rises in Quaama in Australia's New South Wales state on January 6, 2020. Reserve troops were deployed to fire-ravaged regions across three Australian states on January 6 after a torrid weekend that turned swathes of land into smouldering, blackened hellscapes. / AFP / SAEED KHAN