Cooler Weather Helps Australian Firefighters, PM Apologizes for Timing of Holiday

Cooler Weather Helps Australian Firefighters, PM Apologizes for Timing of Holiday
A fire blazes across bush as seen from Mount Tomah in New South Wales, Australia on Dec. 15, 2019. NSW RFS/Terry Hills Brigade/via Reuters
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Fire conditions eased on some of the major fronts burning across Australia on Sunday after a cool weather change, with firefighters trying to contain blazes before hotter conditions are expected to return at the end of the week.

On a visit to the Rural Fire Service (RFS) headquarters in Sydney, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologized for upsetting people by going on holiday in Hawaii while much of Australia burned in the latest bushfire emergency.