The NSW bushfire inquiry hears the use of back-burning was an appropriate fire containment strategy despite claims spotting from the fires may have destroyed homes and killed three people.
views on the left side. that s the first stage. engines running as we come back to the landing site. second stage engine nozzle is visible on the right side. as we re powering the axiom 2 crew into lower earth orbit on the way to the international space station. waiting for callout that the boost back burn is complete. stage one boost back shutdown. right on time. first stage completed, the first of three burns heading back to the landing site. second stage continuing on power and on trajectory. we head northeast. the bermuda ground station. bermuda is listening in to the
we are seeing back urns and we will try to show you what has been happening overnight. yesterday evening they lit this back burn to try to protect them pray play defense on these sequoia trees that have been here 3000 years. some 500 of them and they are lighting fires in a protective ring. firefighters tell us the fires are burning hotter and longer and fire season is year- round. take a listen. the fire season is longer and hotter and firefighters are exhausted. we ve been fighting fires for months already and it is july with months to go. reporter: to compound it, this is high tourism season and part of the park remains closed . thank you very much. that wraps up the hour for me. and