France 24 Special Edition: Australia Inferno

Issued on: 11/01/2020 – 13:20Modified: 11/01/2020 – 13:20

As the crisis in Australia enters its fifth consecutive month, more than 150 fires are still raging across the continent, some of them merging to create what’s known as mega-blazes.

Already 10,000 hectares of bush, parks and forests have burned, 27 lives have been lost and more than a billion animals are estimated to have perished.

We hear first-hand accounts of the flames as well as analysis from experts, activists and journalists in an effort try to understand the amplitude of this human and environmental catastrophe.