well sir david talk there about the
wildfires that have devastated parts of
australia hundreds are still burning
mainly across the southeast of the
country where the authorities are
desperately trying to prevent them from
spreading further there are at least
eight weeks of the bushfire season still
ahead time I rejoined one fire crew in
New South Wales the fires eating this
land have burnt from the mountains to
the sea in between eucalyptus
bottlebrush and pine it's hard to save
the forest that you save Australia man
is having a terrible time trying to stop
what Mother Nature is doing to us but
this would definitely be the worst fire
season that I've seen and most of my
colleagues would have ever seen you see
the wind really you know influences what
the father's doing
Zeb is charged with protecting two and a
half million acres of forest in a state
of New South Wales several villages and
towns are just a few miles away right in
the path of oncoming flames there will
be then a cutable and so so windy
Zeb's team has already cleared some
scrub taking away fuel for the fire
but wisps of smoke are creeping through
like water under a door how long before
the main fire front appears
it's been a long bushfire season for
saving this crew days bizarre when smoke
blocked out the light of the Sun and
frightening days when people died but
time's running out to stop the latest
blaze spreading more of the forest needs
to be cleared to create a big enough
fire break it's a real shame to have to
do this but these fires this season are
not behaving normally and if we don't
start putting these breaks in to stop it
more fires are just gonna burn and
nearby back burning
Zeb's team deliberately ignites part of
the forest of destroying fuel for the
oncoming monster well this fire was lit
just what a couple of minutes ago and
you can see how it has taken hold blown
by these really strong winds and these
these are the conditions that the
authorities have been having to deal
with during this appalling bushfire
season night and day fires are being
deliberately lit by emergency crews this
the neighboring state of Victoria but
are the latest attempts to hold back the
fire front working so that's about the
last of it isn't my yeah it's all lit up
now good job done take most of it well
done let's got that contain anyway
though and his team have won this battle
but is Australia winning the war are we
having a go and we're steering them and
at times we can have small wins we take
early bite off small pieces so we're not
winning but we're not losing either
close Murray BBC News in Southeast
Australia