The afternoon sky glows red from bushfires near Nowra. | (SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Fire service crews fight a blaze in Bilpin.| (Dan Himbrechts/AAP Images via AP)

A bushfire in Newnes Plateau. | (Gena Dray via REUTERS)

Firefighters hose down trees near Nowra. | (SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Wildfires in Bairnsdale. | (Glen Morey via AP)

A satellite image of Batemans Bay. | (EUROPEAN UNION, COPERNICUS SENTINEL DATA/Handout via REUTERS)

Burnt-out buildings in Cobargo. | (SEAN DAVEY/AFP via Getty Images)

A car destroyed by bushfires near Batemans Bay. | (PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)

Damaged property in Victoria. | (AAP Image/News Corp Pool, Jason Edwards/via REUTERS)

A burnt sign in Bilpin. | (PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)

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