Bush fires burning in Australia

Firefighters work on putting in containment lines to help control a wildfire near the township of Bell, Australia, Oct. 21, 2013.

Firefighters battling some of the most destructive wildfires to ever strike Australia's most populous state were focusing on a major blaze Sunday near the town of Lithgow that stretched along a 190-mile front. Authorities warned that high temperatures and winds were likely to maintain heightened fire danger for days in New South Wales state.

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Women inspect a home destroyed by bush fire as seen in Winmalee, Australia, Oct. 18, 2013.

Smoke from bushfires fills the sky above the Winmalee Country Club in Winmalee, Australia, Oct. 18, 2013.

Water flows from a broken tap at a home destroyed by bush fire as seen in Winmalee, Australia, Oct. 18, 2013.

Melissa White assists her sister Christie Daschke at her home destroyed by bushfire in Winmalee, Australia, Oct. 21, 2013.

Sue Dunlop sits in the front yard of her home of 41 years which was destroyed by bushfire in Winmalee, Australia, Oct. 21, 2013.

Trees damaged by bushfire in Winmalee, Australia, Oct. 21, 2013.

A car and home destroyed by bushfire in Yellow Rock, Australia, Oct. 21, 2013.

A young man stands in front of a family home destroyed by bushfire in Yellow Rock, Australia, Oct. 21, 2013.

A New South Wales Rural Fire Service volunteer puts out a spot fire in the town of Bell, Australia, Oct. 20, 2013.

A New South Wales Rural Fire Service volunteer puts out a fire in the town of Bell, Australia, Oct. 20, 2013.

The sun glows a deep orange color as the light is filtered through smoke haze from wildfires drift over Sydney, Oct. 20, 2013.

Smoke covers the ANZAC Bridge and surrounding areas as bushfires rage across New South Wales, Oct. 17, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.

Smoke fills the sky over central Sydney as bushfires rage nearby, Oct. 17, 2013, in Sydney, Australia.

Smoke covers the ANZAC Bridge and surrounding areas as bushfires rage across New South Wales, Oct. 17, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.

Smoke fills the sky and turns the sun red over central Sydney as bushfires rage nearby, Oct. 17, 2013.

Smoke covers the ANZAC Bridge and surrounding areas as bushfires rage across New South Wales, Oct. 17, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.

A view of central Sydney shrouded in smoke haze in Sydney, Australia, Oct. 17, 2013.

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