If you haven't quite seen the fury of the catastrophic bushfires burning out-of-control across Australia up close yet, this may be it.
A fire and rescue crew, from the suburb of Wyoming in the state of New South Wales, recorded a terrifying moment at 3 p.m. local time on New Year's Eve, when their truck was surrounded by a bushfire.
The crew of Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Station 509 were located south of the town of Nowra — an area currently listed with a Bushfire Emergency Warning, the highest level of bushfire alert — when the raging fire blazed around the truck.
The crew, according to the FRNSW's Twitter account, were forced to take shelter in the truck, while the fire front passed by. One person in the truck filmed the event, and the video was later posted on Twitter and Facebook. It is unfathomable. Read more...
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