{"id":15387,"date":"2019-12-31T09:27:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T09:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/?p=15387"},"modified":"2019-12-31T09:59:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T09:59:36","slug":"australia-fires-4000-trapped-on-beach-in-mallacoota-as-fire-rages-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/australia-fires-4000-trapped-on-beach-in-mallacoota-as-fire-rages-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Fires: 4,000 Trapped on Beach in Mallacoota as fire rages on!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>With winds driving embers\nand smoke thick enough to blanket the morning sky of Mallacoota in a deep shade\nof blood-red, thousands of residents have been advised to go into the water as\nthe bushfire slithers closer! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">After residents woke to\nthe eerily dark morning sky, officials were quick to issue eight emergency\nwarnings in Victoria and in New South Wales. In addition to this, NSW has also\nbeen bestowed with the ill fate of having to comprehend nine watch and act\nfires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">As of right now, 4,000\nresidents are trapped in a beach and are waiting for further instructions,\nhowever, residents are starting to lose hope of receiving good news Since there\nis a possibility of more than a handful of houses falling prey to the growing\nfires. Emergency sirens are surrounding the town, and the threat of the fire increases\nas it advances its purge of burning everything in its way. And unfortunately,\n72,000 hectares have already been touched by its wrath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, the fire has\nalso been so fierce that it has cut power to the town, with AusNet Services\nreporting 5700 properties in East Gippsland and another 1800 in Northeast\nVictoria to have no power as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Australia is burning. Lives lost. Homes lost. National animals headed for extinction. The last day of 2019 has looked like an apocalypse for the Aussies. Absolute devastation.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AustralianFires?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AustralianFires<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nationalcrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#nationalcrisis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYE2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NYE2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bushfirecrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#bushfirecrisis<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Travel Center (@TravelCenter_UK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TravelCenter_UK\/status\/1211898660952444930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 31, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">So far, two males:\nidentified as father and son, have been reported to have lost their lives to\nthe fire and grave concerns are being held for the man who is still\nmissing.&nbsp; Two firefighters have suffered\nburns to their faces and are now being treated at the Concord Hospital and two\nmale associates in a fire truck &#8212; aged 39 and 52 &#8212; suffered injuries. While\nthe 59-year-old man appears to have taken comparatively less damage, the same\ncannot be said for the other! As the 39-year old still remains in a serious\ncondition at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The next hours will be\ncritical according to officials, as firefighters give it their all in putting\ndown the deadly blazes, warnings have been deemed mandatory, as it is no longer\noptional. Embers and heat fuelled blows of wind have acted as the foundation\nfor causing collateral damage and while firefighters are doing their best, it\u2019s\nnot too far off to say that the fate of thousands of residents lie at how the\nrates of wind fluctuate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In a time that is ominous as this, we hope that you heed all warnings if you are in or even close to the evacuation zone. As the fires grow into a threat big enough to be labelled as a life or death situation, it is, unfortunately, compulsory to do what you have to! Even if it means leaving some of your belongings behind. Your life matters, so please stick to the safer side!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"molvideoplayer\" title=\"MailOnline Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/2078500.html\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With winds driving embers and smoke thick enough to blanket the morning sky of Mallacoota in a deep shade of blood-red, thousands of residents have been advised to go into the water as the bushfire slithers closer! 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