Firefighters tackle a bushfire in thick smoke in the town of Moruya, south of Batemans Bay, in New South Wales on January 4, 2020. Up to 3,000 military reservists were called up to tackle Australia's relentless bushfire crisis on January 4, as tens of thousands of residents fled their homes amid catastrophic conditions. PETER PARKS / AFP
A burnt vehicle is seen on Quinlans street after an overnight bushfire in Quaama in Australia's New South Wales state on January 6, 2020. Reserve troops were deployed to fire-ravaged regions across three Australian states on January 6 after a torrid weekend that turned swathes of land into smouldering, blackened hellscapes. SAEED KHAN / AFP
Residents defend a property from a bushfire at Hillsville near Taree, 350km north of Sydney on November 12, 2019. A state of emergency was declared on November 11 and residents in the Sydney area were warned of "catastrophic" fire danger as Australia prepared for a fresh wave of deadly bushfires that have ravaged the drought-stricken east of the country. PETER PARKS / AFP
An aerial view of the bushfire burns out of control in the Richmond Valley, of the New South Wales on November 26, 2019. Bushfire-prone Australia has experienced a horrific start to its fire season, which scientists say is beginning earlier and becoming more extreme as a result of climate change, which is raising temperatures and sapping moisture from the environment. Saeed KHAN / AFP
This photo taken on December 7, 2019 shows firefighters conducting back burning measures to secure residential areas from encroaching bushfires at the Mangrove area, some 90-110 kilometres north of Sydney. Bushfires are common in the country but scientists say this year's season has come earlier and with more intensity due to a prolonged drought and climatic conditions fuelled by global warming. SAEED KHAN / AFP
This handout photo taken on January 3, 2020 and released by the Royal Australian Navy shows people being evacuated from Mallacoota, Victoria state on a landing craft to MV Sycamore, during bushfire relief efforts. The Australian military on January 3 has begun the seaborne evacuation of hundreds of people trapped in a fire-ringed southeastern town, as the country braced for more catastrophic conditions. Shane CAMERON / ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY / AFP
Firefighters dose a bushfire in Dargan, some 130 kilometres northwest of Sydney on December 18, 2019. Australia this week experienced its hottest day on record and the heatwave is expected to worsen, exacerbating an already unprecedented bushfire season, authorities said on December 18. SAEED KHAN / AFP
The sky turns red from smoke of the Snowy Valley bushfire on the outskirts of Cooma on January 4, 2020. Up to 3,000 military reservists were called up to tackle Australia's relentless bushfire crisis on January 4, as tens of thousands of residents fled their homes amid catastrophic conditions. SAEED KHAN / AFP
Residents watch a large bushfire as seen from Bargo, 150km southwest of Sydney, on December 19, 2019. A state of emergency was declared in Australia's most populated region on December 19 as an unprecedented heatwave fanned out-of-control bushfires, destroying homes and smothering huge areas with a toxic smoke. Peter PARKS / AFP
