Tourists and staff at the UNESCO World Heritage Site have been forced to evacuate as the island’s unique forests have been engulfed in smoke as fires engulf local attractions.
According to local time on Tuesday morning, the Queensland State Fire and Emergency Services issued a “readiness to leave” for Kingfisher Bay Resort and Village on the island, as the area was threatened by blaze in many places.
Emergency crews used water bombs to slow down the blaze, but the fire service warned that conditions could get worse.
“Fire crews are working to contain the fire but firefighters will not be able to protect every property. You should not expect a firefighter at your door,” the directive said.
The Queensland Bureau of Meteorology said strong wind and extreme heat wave conditions are likely to increase the risk of fire.
Which has been predicted To continue in the state for the next few days.
The glare on Fraser Island was caused by an illegal campfire. According to CNN-affiliated Nine News, in six weeks, the bone-dry bush has been torn down to 76,000 hectares (187,800 acres) of land.
Also known by its indigenous name Kegari, the island was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 for its unique forests and natural beauty. It is the largest sand island in the world and the only tall rainforest that grows on sand.
But the creation of Sand Island made it more difficult for more than 30 crew to fight the Blaise on the island, the Queensland Fire Service said.
Accident Controller James Hague a
Video message Posted on Twitter that “conditions are very challenging” but firefighters were doing their “absolute best” to minimize and try to reduce the damage caused by the fire.
The crew is also battling fires in mainland Queensland and dozens of other areas in New South Wales.
Record heat could set another devastating bushfire season
Spring heat waves are sweeping parts of eastern Australia and Australia, with temperatures hovering above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in Sydney on Saturday. Meanwhile, New South Wales, South Australia, Australia and North Victoria in the west have been baked at temperatures close to 45 degrees Celsius (113 ° F).
Sydney experienced the hottest November night on record on Saturday, with a minimum night temperature of 25.3 ° C (77.54 ° F), followed by a second straight day above 40 સે C (104 ફ F) on Sunday.
The Bureau of Meteorology said Tuesday that this season’s record for Australia is the hottest for November and November.
Bushfires are common in Australia, but in recent years conditions have become more dangerous. Australia has been getting hotter and hotter for decades, and South Australia has seen a long-term decline in Australian rainfall.
Last year, Australia was the hottest on record, with the seven years from 2001 to 2019 all in all nine years.
The devastating 2019-2020 bushfire season – known as the Black Summer – was Australia’s worst case scenario, burning nearly 12 million hectares (30 million acres), killing at least 33 people and an estimated 1 billion animals.
A New South Wales bushfire inquiry found in March that record-breaking fire seasons had been worsened by climate change and warned that such a devastating wildfire was likely to recur. The report found that extreme aridity in forested regions; Large amounts of fuel load, such as leaf waste; And dry, hot weather extinguished the fire, spreading rapidly over large areas.
The Australian State Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO’s State of the Climate 2020 report, released last month, said climate change was affecting the severity and intensity of this dangerous bushfire situation in the country by affecting changes in temperature, relative humidity and fuel humidity. . In the future, Australia Australia could expect an increase in hazardous fire weather days and prolonged fire seasons for southern and eastern Australia Australia, the report said.
“Bureau of Meteorology and others have forecast even more severe fires in the east coast and southwest Australia,” said Bill Hare, director of the Meteorological and Policy Institute Meteorological Analytics.
“If it explodes again, it’s very economically and psychologically very damaging. I think people are becoming rarer from bushfire last year and earlier this year. So when you look at these regions now, you can see the damage. Is not. “
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