Australia urges a quarter of a million to flee as winds fan massive bushfires PUBLISHED FRI, JAN 10 20206:26 AM EST Reuters KEY POINTS Australia urged nearly a quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes on Friday and prepared military backup as authorities said the next few hours could be “very, very challenging.” Defense personnel stood ready to move to bushfire grounds if conditions became extreme. Since October, 27 people have been killed and thousands subjected to repeat evacuations as monster fires scorched more than 25.5 million acres of land, or an area the size of South Korea.
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