Crews battling Australia's wildfires said Sunday that they have been able to turn from defense to offense for the first time in weeks thanks to a break in the weather.
Dale McLean, who is helping manage the response to a fire near the town of Bodalla in New South Wales state , was part of team that was bulldozing down small trees and burning scrub ahead of the fire's projected path to try to stop it from reaching a major highway by starving it of fuel.
"This fire took a major run about seven or eight days ago, and with the weather changing now, the weather settling down, the fire has settled down," he said.
"The fire behavior has changed. So we're able to get in front of the fire now, get on the offensive."
"Working on the fire ground in a forest environment is a dynamic, high-risk environment and it carries with it significant risk."
"But I am also very mindful, as is the government, of the very real scars that will be there for quite a period of time to come for those who've been exposed to the trauma of these bushfires."
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