Australia Fire Crisis: PM Morrison Cuts Vacation Short After Two Firefighters Die

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By Olivia RosaneDec 20, 2019, 7:59 am63 pts
Two firefighters died Thursday battling wildfires fueled by a record-breaking heat wave in Australia, prompting Prime Minister Scott Morrison to return home from a Hawaiian vacation he had been much criticized for taking. None The firefighters were 32-year-old Geoffrey Keaton and 36-year-old Andrew O'Dwyer, and…

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