CANBERRA, Australia — Firefighters on Sunday were battling some of the most destructive wildfires to ever strike New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, struggling to control a major blaze that stretched along a 190-mile front.
The authorities warned that high temperatures and winds would probably heighten the danger for several days in the state.
The fires had killed one man, destroyed 208 homes and damaged 122 others since Thursday, the Rural Fire Service said.
The wildfires have been extraordinarily intense and early in an annual fire season that peaks during the Southern Hemisphere summer, which begins in December.
Wildfires are common in Australia, though they do not tend to pop up in large numbers until the summer. This year’s unusually dry winter and hotter-than-average spring have led to perfect fire conditions.
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