Australia Swelters Through Heat Wave as Bushfire Risk Grows

FILE — A New South Wales Rural Fire Service firetruck is seen at a hazard reduction burn site in Sydney, Australia, Sept. 10, 2023. Australia's southeast is going through a heat wave that has raised the risk of bushfires.

Southeast Australia sweated on Saturday through a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and led authorities to ban fires in large parts of New South Wales state.