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A fire erupts from bushland, and engulfing ‘crowning' the tops of the surrounding eucalyptus trees, forcing the firefighters from Fire and Rescue NSW to flee and abandon their fire truck. A video of the event, shot by the man pictured, was widely seen. The Green Wattle Creek fire, just south-west of Sydney, burned at emergency level for several days, burning out more than 35,000 hectares of land, threatening lives and property, forcing many residents to evacuate. Orangeville, NSW, Australia. Thursday 6th December 2019. (Matthew Abbott, Panos Pictures, for The New York Times) NO SALES, THIS MATERIAL IS FOR SINGLE USE PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT OR FOR A TEMPORARY ONLINE PUBLICATION, AND MAY BE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO PUBLICIZE THE 2020 WORLD PRESS CONTEST AND EXHIBITION. IT MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED AS PART OF AN ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER ITEM THAT CONTAINS NO DIRECT LINK TO WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES. THE PICTURE MAY NOT BE CROPPED OR MANIPULATED IN ANY WAY. KEYSTONE PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO. THE COPYRIGHT IS OWNED BY A THIRD PARTY.