Hero Australian firefighters who battled devastating bushfires over summer will now fly to the US to help contain California's fierce blazes. NSW RFS firefighters are well equipped to take on the Californian fires after the state experienced one of its worst bushfire seasons on record, dubbed the Black Summer. The three largest fire complexes – the SCU Lightning Complex, the LNU Lightning Complex and the CZU Complex - continue to rage in northern CaliforniaThe SCU Lightning Complex is currently the largest fire in California, raging east of San Jose across seven counties, and burning more than 365,700 acres. The LNU Lightning Complex follows behind, burning more than 356,300 acres north and northeast of San Francisco, destroying more than 970 homes and other structures. Firefighters try to battle a blaze at a house in Boulder Creek in California on Sunday (pictured)NSW RFS firefighters will be deployed to the US for the first time.

Source: Daily Mail August 27, 2020 04:06 UTC