Thousands stranded on Australian beaches in wildfire escape on New Year’s Eve

This appeared in The Millennial Source

On New Year’s Eve, thousands of people rushed to beaches in an effort to escape the bushfires in Australia that had ripped through popular tourist areas and cut off access to several towns in the states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW). Some 4,000 people took shelter on the beach in Mallacoota while around 4,000 more were evacuated to community centers in Victoria.

There are thousands of firefighters who have been working throughout the night on New Year’s Day, fighting around 112 fires across NSW. “At 3 am on 1 January 2020, there are 112 fires burning across NSW. Several large & dangerous fires continue burning on the South Coast where 2 fires remain at emergency warning. A further 6 fires are at Watch and Act. Over 2500 firefighters continue working on these fires,” the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) tweeted.

Fatalities recorded