Australian firefighters are struggling with the devastating fires that Friday has been exacerbated in the state of New South Wales.

the Fire department is struggling with the fires in the australian state of New South Wales, where a large number of wildfires on Friday local time has deteriorated.

There are barely 150 active fires, of which about half is out of control. It informs the state's fire authorities on Twitter.

at the same time the smoke from the fires got the authorities to warn about unhealthy air pollution in several places in the state, including in Sydney.

Here is a series of images from the land.

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