Bushfire sparked by military helicopter threatens Australia's capital
Canberra residents evacuate their homes as fire caused by helicopter landing light spreads through the suburbs
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Canberra residents evacuate their homes as fire caused by helicopter landing light spreads through the suburbs
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Fire officials said seven people were hospitalized after a fire destroyed at least 35 boats docked in Jackson County Park.
The Thursday night blaze damaged or destroyed priceless objects just as the city was readying celebrations for Lunar New Year.
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"The worry is that with so much lost, there won't be a pool of rare animals and plants to later repopulate burnt areas."
"We're fired up about climate action," one sign read.
In an interview with CBS News, Frankel made an appeal to airlines to help her fly firefighters to Australia.
Earth Alliance says it created a fund to help with an "international response to the catastrophic bushfires" raging in the country.
More than 1 billion animals are feared dead.
Lizzo joined other volunteers who had been working tirelessly for 6 days, packing emergency supplies for those in need.
An ecologist at the University of Sydney, who estimated last week that nearly half a billion animals had died in the fires, has increased his estimate to over 1 billion.
"I am totally devastated watching what is happening in Australia right now with the horrific bushfires," she tweeted.
"We are facing another extremely difficult next 24 hours," he said.
That brings the overall nationwide death toll this summer to at least 21.
The three-year drought in Australia is due in part to a typical weather pattern called the Indian Ocean Dipole.
"I told him it was a war zone, and he walked away, and it broke my heart," the Cobargo resident said.
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Orangutans, gorillas, a chimpanzee and several monkeys, as well as fruit bats and birds, were killed in the blaze.
At least 7 people have been killed by the apocalyptic blazes this week, and about 4,000 more are trapped in coastal communities.
Over the last few months, more than 12 million acres have burned.
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More than 275,000 people signed a petition to cancel the show, saying cities like Sydney that are already choking in smog from fires didn't need any more smoke in its air.