Australian authorities protect Outback town against huge wildfire

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 13, 2023 6:47 pm

CANBERRA, Australia: Emergency crews were working to protect the Outback Australian town of Tennant Creek with containment lines on Wednesday as a huge wildfire threatened the remote community of 3,000.

The fire has scorched 10,000 square kilometers (3,900 square miles) of grass and scrubland in the Northern Territory east of Tennant Creek, a former gold mining town.

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