SYDNEY, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Residents in three areas in Australia's northern Queensland state were ordered to evacuate their homes on Wednesday, as bushfires burned out of control.
People in two adjacent areas, near the town of Dalveen, were on Wednesday ordered to evacuate immediately.
AAP Image/Darren England via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights"Every Australian's heart goes out to the people... who are being impacted once again by these bushfires," Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers, whose electorate is in the state, told a news conference on Wednesday.
"It was a pretty horrifying experience," NSW resident Michelle Balint told state broadcaster ABC on Wednesday, recounting a wall of flames racing across the family's land.
Authorities on Wednesday imposed a third evacuation warning in the far north of the state, near Watsonville.
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Darren England, Jim Chalmers, Michelle Balint, Alasdair Pal, Gerry Doyle
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