Fire in Australia – level 2

24-04-2018 07:00

A fire broke out in the bushlands to the southwest of Sydney, Australia. Over 500 firefighters are fighting this fire, which has burned through 1,000 hectares of land. The police are investigating what started the fire.

The leader of Australia said that the situation is not getting better, but people are working very hard to control it. Nobody has been injured yet.

Difficult words: break out (start), bushland (land with animals and plants), injured (if you are injured, something bad happens to your body).

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