Firefighters are battling to keep a large bushfire which has come within 700 metres of a small township on an Australian holiday island at bay. Dozens of residents of Happy Valley were earlier urged to evacuate as the blaze raged east across Fraser Island. For six weeks, firefighters have been struggling to control the blazes on the island – a popular tourist destination off the coast of Queensland. However efforts have been thwarted by a continuing heatwave and dry ground.
Australia bushfire: Fraser Island residents told to leave immediately – BBC News
