(Bloomberg) -- Crews in South Australia are battling to stabilize wildfires and protect homes as hot weather forecast in coming days threatens to fan the flames.
Firefighters used planes from neighboring Victoria in an effort to gain control of the blaze that has destroyed or damaged 26 homes. The Country Fire Service warned temperatures would reach 38 degrees Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) on Jan. 7 before cooling, while the Insurance Council of Australia declared a catastrophe.
“We’ve got some dangerous weather approaching,” Premier Jay Weatherill said in the state capital Adelaide. “The fact I’m not here talking about deaths is a good thing, but we’ve got a bit of a way to go before I think we can relax.”
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