{"id":18869,"date":"2013-01-08T11:15:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T10:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/01\/08\/282418\/australia-bushfires-get-out-of-control\/"},"modified":"2013-01-08T11:15:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T10:15:39","slug":"australia-bushfires-get-out-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/australia-bushfires-get-out-of-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia bushfires get out of control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"ctl00_body_spnDetail\">Undated photo shows a bushfire burning 8km south west of Naradhan, north of Griffith in New South Wales.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"divDetailBody\">\n<p>Bushfires get out of control in southeastern Australia as intense heat and high winds trigger more wildfires and worsen the already &#8220;catastrophic&#8221; conditions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of firefighters are battling to contain more than 130 fires, which are currently burning across the country&#8217;s most-populous state of New South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>State Rural Fire Service commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmonssay said on Tuesday that firefighters succeeded to contain only 40 blazes in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t get conditions worse than this, we are at the catastrophic level,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>High winds and record temperatures have made the task of containing the fire more difficult.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nFirefighters in the state of Victoria are trying to control a fire, caused by Australia&#8217;s heat wave.<\/p>\n<p>Teams in Tasmania are also fighting a blaze as the fire caused damage to many homes in the island over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard warned residents in the affected areas and other regions to remain vigilant over the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is very important that people keep themselves safe, that they listen to local authorities and local warnings. This is a very dangerous day,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>There have been no reports of casualties as officials are concerned over the fate of as many as 100 people reported missing.<\/p>\n<p>DB\/HN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undated photo shows a bushfire burning 8km south west of Naradhan, north of Griffith in New South Wales.<br \/>\nBushfires get out of control in southeastern Australia as intense heat and high winds trigger more wildfires and worsen the already &#8220;catastrophic&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}