A terrible forest fire caused the sky in Australia to turn black as ink at noon

In recent days, the world has been buzzing with anxiety about the forest fire disaster in Australia. Especially on the last day of the year, more than 4,000 people were surrounded by flames at Mallacoota, Victoria. The sky on December 31 was tinged with a bloody red color, making anyone look at it horrified.

The sky is bloodshot at Mallacoota on December 31.

Those thoughts were the worst thing that could happen to Australia when noon on January 4, dense dust and smoke once again covered the town of Mallacoota , making the sky pitch black even though it was just over 2. noon . The scene now truly dark is no different from hell.

Locals said it was so dark that they could not see each other without the lights. The major buildings here also almost disappeared from view because of the dust cover.

The sky at 2 pm at Mallacoota January 4, 2020.

The Australian Government dispatched the first naval ship to rescue stranded residents and tourists. They successfully evacuated 1,100 people. However, for unknown reasons, families with children under the age of 5 are not allowed on board.

Many helicopters were sent to evacuate the remaining people. However, dense dust obscuring the view led the force to land, resulting in nearly 3,000 people still waiting in fear.

Reporters working in the affected area said the situation here is very unstable. The sound of children crying, the noisy and fearful of thousands of people waiting to be evacuated, dusty, smoky, the pitch-black sky, . all created scary chaos.

A reporter said: "Many of the victims trapped here are the elderly, young children and even babies. The situation is very chaotic now, many children cry out of fear. " .

Currently, although firefighters are still working hard, fire is still sweeping in the towns of Mallacoota, Genova, Karbeethong, Gipsy Point and surrounding areas, the situation of fire is becoming increasingly complicated.

Images from satellites show columns of smoke rising and dwindling.

The sharp increase in temperature along with strong winds and the evacuation of many animals will likely make the fire more and more widespread. At this time, Australians have yet to see any more positive changes in the disaster.

Forest fires have been raging across Australia for months, burning about 6 million hectares of forest, affecting thousands of people, killing about 18 people and an estimated 480 million animals died in pain. painful. This can be considered as an unprecedented fire in kangaroo.

The map shows the current state of forest fires in Australia, in which red, black and white symbols mean that the fire is in active use and in a state of emergency.

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