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A bushfire

Firefighters around the country have been taking advantage of cooling weather around Australia to conduct hazard reduction burns, reducing the fuel in bushland in the hopes of avoiding more catastrophic fires when summer rolls round.

Caitlin McHugh spoke to Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick about the efficacy of these burns.

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