BODALLA, Australia—Crews battling Australia’s wildfires said on Jan. 12 that they’ve 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 a 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.
