
Firefighters from both the Rural Fire Service and the N.S.W Fire Brigade and two water bombing helicopters work to contain a grass fire in the Western Sydney Parklands in West Hoxton, Sydney, Australia on 16 November 2009. The fire came within 200m of fifty houses which border the parklands. EPA/DEAN LEWINS

Firefighters from both the Rural Fire Service and the N.S.W Fire Brigade and two water bombing helicopters work to contain a grass fire in the Western Sydney Parklands in West Hoxton, Sydney, Australia on 16 November 2009. The fire came within 200m of fifty houses which border the parklands. EPA/DEAN LEWINS

Firefighters from both the Rural Fire Service and the N.S.W Fire Brigade and two water bombing helicopters work to contain a grass fire in the Western Sydney Parklands in West Hoxton, Sydney, Australia on 16 November 2009. The fire came within 200m of fifty houses which border the parklands. EPA/DEAN LEWINS

Firefighters from both the Rural Fire Service and the N.S.W Fire Brigade and two water bombing helicopters work to contain a grass fire in the Western Sydney Parklands in West Hoxton, Sydney, Australia on 16 November 2009. The fire came within 200m of fifty houses which border the parklands. EPA/DEAN LEWINS