Smoky air reaches dangerous levels in Sydney

*This picture has been selected as one of the Best of the Year News images for 2019*Firefighters hose down a burning woodpile during a bushfire in Werombi, 50km south west of Sydney, Friday, December 6, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

İtfaiyecilerin birbirine yardım ettiğini gösteren bu fotoğraf, yılın en iyilerinden biri seçildi. Source: AAP

Thick smoke has descended on Sydney prompting warnings from health authorities who describe the air quality levels as some of the worst they have seen. Hundreds of fires are burning in Queensland and further south in Victoria.



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