More than 120 wildfires fanned by high winds and soaring temperatures raged in southeastern Australia Thursday, prompting emergency warnings for several towns, officials said.Some 2,000 firefighters tackled the fires in New South Wales, where a large blaze was burning dangerously close to farming properties in the state's northwest.
"A fire is burning in very high fire-danger conditions, and is currently between two and six hours away from properties," the Rural Fire Service (RFS) said.
"Under these conditions fires can be difficult to control and flames may burn from the ground to the tree-tops."
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