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Watch Helicopter Collect Water From Backyard Pool as Bushfire Crisis Continues in Australia

© REUTERS / NSW RFS – TERRY HILLS BRIGADEA fire blazes across bush as seen from Mount Tomah in New South Wales
A fire blazes across bush as seen from Mount Tomah in New South Wales - Sputnik International
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Earlier, a state of emergency was declared in New South Wales, the most densely populated state in Australia. Almost 120 out-of-control forest fires were recorded there, three of which are raging on the outskirts of Sydney.

In a video that was published on social networks, firefighters are seen collecting  water with a helicopter from an abandoned backyard swimming pool as bushfires continue to tear through Australia's southeast.

​According to reports, six have been killed as a result of the raging fires in Australia. The fires have destroyed 680 houses and consumed 12,000 square kilometres of land. The fires led to a menacing increase in air pollution in the country.

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