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The only plane designed for water bombing based permanently at Esperance Airport will remain grounded if an out-of-control bushfire broke out near the West Australian town — a town still reeling from deadly fires in 2015. Key points: When four people were killed in Esperance's 2015 bushfires a coroner said the absence of water bombers at critical times was a …
Fires, started on plantations, have been burning since July sending air pollution to hazardous levels. Fasha has ordered 100,000 masks to be distributed across the city and every local health clinic in Jambi is required to have an operating “recovery room” for patients suffering from respiratory problems caused by the haze. We have to have the lights on all the …
