A volunteer firefighter died Monday while fighting bushfires that are raging across eastern Australia, the Rural Fire Service reported. The service said in a statement on Twitter that the firefighter died when his fire truck overturned at Jingellic, 70 kilometres east of the New South Wales town of Albury. It is the third death of a volunteer firefighter since the fires broke out in October. “A brave firefighter has lost their life protecting the community east of Albury. Crisp said fire crews were fighting flames that were leaping 20 metres into the air and smoke columns rising 14 kilometres in extreme conditions that created its own weather.

Source: Punch December 30, 2019 12:22 UTC