By Agence France-Presse
All the blazes in Australia's hard-hit state of New South Wales have been brought under control, firefighters told AFP on Thursday, signalling the end of a months-long crisis that claimed 33 lives nationwide.
"As of this afternoon, all fires in New South Wales have now been contained," a Rural Fire Service spokesman said, as fresh rainfall helped extinguish fires that have burned along the east coast since September. "It is very good news."