Australian authorities urged another mass evacuation across the country’s heavily populated southeast.
The call for emergency action came on Thursday as a return of hot weather fanned huge bushfires.
According to Reuters, the uncontrolled fires are threatening several towns and communities.
Victoria state premier Daniel Andrews said; “If you receive instructions to leave, then you must leave".
Twenty-seven people have died, according to the federal government.
The fires have burned through more than 25.5 million acres of land, an area the size of South Korea.