nswfires
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Aussie Authorities Slam Bushfire Drone Pilots
Drone pilots caught flying their toy contraptions around bushfire areas, like the one posted to YouTube just the other day, have been cautioned by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority over their actions. CASA believes that these flights are putting aerial bushfire-fighting crews at serious risk, and punishments could be severe.
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Smoke From New South Wales Fires Are Being Picked Up By Weather Radar
A bushfire emergency has been declared in the west of New South Wales this afternoon as four fires burn out of control. Smoke from the fires is now beginning to waft into the Sydney CBD and surrounding suburbs, so much so that the Bureau of Meteorology is picking it up on its radar loops.