Firefighters in New South Wales, Australia, are battling the area’s worst bushfires in decades. The Sydney Morning Herald reports firefighters are facing an active fire edge that stretches more than 900 miles. They are also facing hot, windy conditions that have fueled more than 60 fires, which in some cases have consumed more than 20 miles in a single day. A spokesperson for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service said dry weather has worsened conditions.

Joel Kursawe: “We’re coming out of very dry winter. We haven’t had a lot of rain for many months. And we’re only in October. We’re not yet into summer. So we still have quite a few months before we reach the very hot months in summer. That’s what’s obviously very concerning for us, because we’re still only in spring and we’re seeing fires like this with so much destruction.”