AUSTRALIA - FLEEING THE FIRESTORM - PICTURES

Terrifying drive through the firestorm: Video shows desperate couple narrowly missing tanker as they try to escape bush fires

Firefighters have been given special powers to force people from their homes amid hotter and drier conditions

More than 200 homes have so far been destroyed amid the most dangerous conditions in 40 years

There are currently 58 blazes still burning throughout New South Wales, with 14 out of control, says fire chief

Read more and see pictures -  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2469995/Australia-bushfires-New-South-Wales-declares-state-emergency-roars-Sydney.html

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