Australian firefighters access badly burned towns Reuters dimanche, 22 décembre 2019 à 13:10 - Nearly 100 fires were still burning across New South Wales late on Sunday afternoon, though none were rated as emergencies. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Firefighters battling wildfires in Australia made the most of cooler weather on Sunday to access badly burned towns and contain blazes before the expected return of hotter conditions at the end of the week. The reprieve came as Prime Minister Scott Morrison defended both his government's climate change policies and his decision to go on holiday to Hawaii last week. The leader of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, said "catastrophic" fire conditions on Saturday in parts of the prime minister's home state had destroyed communities.