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by woolly 2353 days ago
Some other issues that I don't think have been mentioned:

- A lot of the trees are eucalypts which are super oily and incredibly flammable. Some have been known to explode when they get too hot.

- It's been getting incredibly windy, which is taking burning embers far ahead of the main firefront and starting advance fires. Recently, a firey was crushed to death after the fire engine was blown over on top of him the winds are that strong.