More dangerous and longer bushfire seasons: CSIRO

NSW BUSHFIRES

A bushfire jumps the Bells Line Road north of Lithgow, New South Wales on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Source: AAP / DEAN LEWINS/AAP

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Globally the length of the fire season has increased by an average of two weeks, but in Australia, the season is longer by a month.

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