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 | | Thursday, 27 December, 2001, 10:04 GMT In pictures: Battling the bush fires Police hunt arsonists suspected of starting bush fires in the eastern Australian state of New South Wales as firefighters battle the blazes threatening the outskirts of Sydney.  Some of the fires were thought to have been started deliberately  The prime minister visited suburbs of Sydney to console victims  The Sydney Opera House has almost disappeared in the smoke  The sun is but a faint red disc in Sydney's sky  A plane trying to land at Sydney International Airport is engulfed by smoke  A man uses a garden hose to wet a roof to prevent a nearby blaze from setting fire to a house  A helicopter surveys a bush fire in the Blue Mountains on the western outskirts of Sydney  High winds and soaring temperatures are stoking the fires | | See also:  Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top Asia-Pacific stories now:  Links to more Asia-Pacific stories are at the foot of the page. | |
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