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Bushfire smoke blankets Melbourne

Smoke from bushfires burning hundreds of kilometers away blanketed Australia’s second largest city Melbourne on Saturday, delaying flights and setting off fire alarms at the city’s airport. Water-bombing aircraft intended to help contain some of the 24 bushfires burning out of control in the southern state of Victoria were grounded because of the thick smoke. Full Story