bushfire

Canberra, Dec 22 (IANS) The local fire department in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) said on Thursday that it is exhausting all efforts to protect communities from the most significant grass fire risk in more than a decade. According to a statement by Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW), two years of above-average rainfall has increased fuel loads, meaning that any grass fire which breaks out over coming weeks has the potential to be larger and more intense than normal, reports Xinhua news agency. The FRNSW warned that this is particularly the case in the state's west, which bears the brunt of…