Australia deploys military ships to send aid to wildfire-hit towns

Australia deploys military ships to send aid to wildfire-hit towns

As death toll rises, Australia deploys military ships to send aid to wildfire-hit towns

JANUARY 1, 2020 5:13:20 PM

On Tuesday morning, 4,000 people in the coastal town of Mallacoota fled to the shore as winds pushed a fire toward their homes under a sky darkened by smoke and turned blood-red by flames.