Celeste Barber

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A fundraiser for the fire Department in New South Wales , Australia, has raised More Than $20 million (£10. 6m; $13m) in just 48 Hours , as The State , against a bushfire crisis.

the Australian comedian Celeste Barber launched the Facebook appeal on Friday, writing: "Please help any way you can. This is scary. "

at least 24 people have died since the fire started in September.

the Prime Minister , Scott Morrison has called to help up to 3,000 reserve troops.

In Canberra, the output air quality is rated as the worst in The World , and the residents have been told to avoid, their homes.

the Australian airline Qantas has cancelled flights to and from The City for the Rest of Sunday.

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comedian Ms Barber has a family, who were evacuated from The Town of Eden in New South Wales , where, officials said, the residents immediately and in the direction of the North, if you don't have a wild fire plan of the reaction.

she called the rush-donate "incredible" and said the proceeds would go to New South Wales Rural Fire Service - a government-funded Agency, staffed with Volunteers and brigades donations Fund, which channels the donations to fight back directly to the fire.

A Number of celebrities have also donated money to support the fire fighting efforts in the last few Days , including US singer Pink, and Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman , the pledge of $500,000 US dollars.

the news of the donation was praised set of the Australians, which was on Social Media , but some complained that the Private Citizens donate, you should have said, in force by the government.

Nearly 200 fires are Still Burning across the country. Although much attention has been focused on the worst hit NSW, each state and each territory is affected. More Than 1,200 homes were destroyed and millions of acres of land burned.

tens of thousands of houses in New South Wales and Victoria States are currently without electricity. Thousands of people were evacuated from the coastal towns in The Past week.

The New South Wales town of Cooma, suffered a further blow on Saturday, when a large tower carrying millions of gallons of water, which explodes, flooding houses and sweeping away vehicles.

NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro Abc News said The Incident was a "huge disaster. on the back of The Crisis and of the danger of fires".

In some areas, helicopters have been brought in to help evacuate people

Prime Minister , Scott Morrison , who has canceled a planned visit to India scheduled for the 13. January due to The Crisis , said on Sunday that he had introduced a national run-of-fire-Recovery-Agency coordination of recovery efforts.

The Body will help bushfire-hit communities recover, the media reports, said the work ranges from the reconstruction of the infrastructure to support the provision of Mental Health .

Mr Morrison, has severe criticism for his handling of the fire, promised the organization, "the space to be left for at least two years".

But he could not show to escape further sentencing on Sunday as The Head of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service , he had learned to call only to The Plan reserve troops by the media.

Singapore and Papua-have offered-New Guinea military support for Australia, New Zealand sends an additional three Air Force helicopters.

on Sunday, it is expected that the cooler over the Land in the South-East said with a bit of rain. Fire officials have warned that the next big risk will be next week.

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