Volunteer firefighters are scorching Australia's forest undergrowth, reducing fuel for what is expected to be the fiercest fire season since the monster 'Black Summer' blazes.
Australia heavily relies on a 190,000-strong volunteer cohort to fight fires.
Their courage was on display during the"Black Summer" fires of 2019-2020 that killed 33 people and millions of animals, as well as destroying thousands of homes and razing vast swathes of eucalyptus forest.make fires even more intense and frequent. There are fears Australia's volunteer firefighters may not be able to cope if climate change makes fires even more intense and frequent.Driving through Picton, as kangaroos hop along in front of houses lit up by the late afternoon sun, Hain points at the grass growing along the roadside.
An estimated 82,000 people fought the"Black Summer" fires across Australia, 78 percent of them volunteers. "You're asking people to leave their work for months, they have to be their breadwinners, they have to put bread on the table," he said."At what stage does it become too much?"
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