Australian Firefighters Dead

The toddler son of a volunteer firefighter killed battling wildfires in Australia received one of the service's highest honours on behalf of his father during an emotional funeral on Thursday.

Catastrophic conditions fuelled massive bushfires across Australia's New South Wales state on Saturday, with two blazes around Sydney burning at emergency level, while in South Australia one person was found dead in a fire zone.

Two volunteer Australian firefighters died while battling blazes around Sydney, authorities said on Friday, forcing Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut short a vacation in Hawaii as temperatures were again set to soar.

Australian firefighters raced on Sunday to contain widespread bushfires that have left three people dead, and warned of "catastrophic" fire conditions ahead, including around the country's biggest city of Sydney.

Cooler temperatures and easing winds today helped firefighters contain a bushfire that killed two people and razed 143 properties, with clean-up efforts getting underway.

Two people have died and more than a hundred homes have been destroyed in a huge bushfire, Australian authorities said today, as firefighters battled to tame the out-of-control blaze.

One person has died in a massive bushfire raging in southeastern Australia, police said on Friday, as firefighters around the country battled blazes amid a scorching heatwave.

The toddler son of a volunteer firefighter killed battling wildfires in Australia received one of the service's highest honours on behalf of his father during an emotional funeral on Thursday.

Catastrophic conditions fuelled massive bushfires across Australia's New South Wales state on Saturday, with two blazes around Sydney burning at emergency level, while in South Australia one person was found dead in a fire zone.

Two volunteer Australian firefighters died while battling blazes around Sydney, authorities said on Friday, forcing Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut short a vacation in Hawaii as temperatures were again set to soar.

Australian firefighters raced on Sunday to contain widespread bushfires that have left three people dead, and warned of "catastrophic" fire conditions ahead, including around the country's biggest city of Sydney.

Cooler temperatures and easing winds today helped firefighters contain a bushfire that killed two people and razed 143 properties, with clean-up efforts getting underway.

Two people have died and more than a hundred homes have been destroyed in a huge bushfire, Australian authorities said today, as firefighters battled to tame the out-of-control blaze.

One person has died in a massive bushfire raging in southeastern Australia, police said on Friday, as firefighters around the country battled blazes amid a scorching heatwave.