Wildfires

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4 Chapter 1 A COUNTRY ON FIRE I smell smoke Lucas said Is there a fire There is a small brush fire up in the hills his mom said But the firefighters are working hard to put it out We aren't in any danger That's good Lucas said I was reading an article about the big fires in Australia It said the first bushfire started in June 2019. Over the next few months more fires started Soon it seemed like all of Australia was burning I know his mom replied Bushfires are common in Australia But no one had seen anything like this Firefighters worked hard to put out the fires But they were no match for the spreading flames By February 2020 46 million acres 18.6 million ha of land were burned FUN FACT Australia's seasons are the opposite of the seasons in North America Australia's spring starts in September Their summer runs from December to March