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		</div><p>Pressure was building on Monday for Sydney’s iconic New Year’s Eve fireworks to be cancelled due to wildfire danger, after pyrotechnics planned for the nation’s capital Canberra were called off.</p>
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<p>Wildfires in the past several weeks have killed nine people and razed more than 1,000 homes, with New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, bearing the brunt.</p>
<p>There were 97 fires burning across New South Wales on Monday with 43 of them not yet contained. Total fire bans have been declared in 10 areas, including Sydney.</p>
<p>The City of Sydney Council has approved Tuesday night’s fireworks, although fire authorities warned they could be cancelled if catastrophic wildfire conditions were declared.</p>
<p>Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday the fireworks should go ahead to show the world Australia’s resilience.</p>
<p>New South Wales’s deputy leader John Barilaro, however, said the spectacle should be called off.</p>
<p><em>“The risk is too high and we must respect our exhausted (firefighting) volunteers,”</em> he wrote on social media.</p>
<p>In Canberra, fireworks were cancelled and event organisers said other activities, including live music performances, could also be called off.</p>
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<p><em>“It is a sensible decision for us not to proceed with the fireworks,”</em> the city’s Emergency Services Agency Commissioner Georgeina Whelan said.</p>
<p>Temperatures on Tuesday were set to hit 38 Celsius in Canberra and 33 in Sydney, Australia’s largest city.</p>
<p>More of the thick smoke that has shrouded Sydney’s iconic landmarks in recent months was also expected on Tuesday.</p>
<p><em>“Hot air is coming out of the centre of Australia, it’s particularly dry and then unfortunately conditions are expected to worsen in New South Wales as we head into Tuesday,”</em> Rural Fire Services Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told reporters.</p>
<p>Sydney’s annual New Year’s celebrations usually attract a million people to Sydney Harbour and generate a reported $130 million AUD (£70 million) for the New South Wales economy. An estimated one billion people worldwide watched last year’s display on television.</p>
<p>In Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria, soaring temperatures and the fire danger were forcing thousands of residents and holidaymakers to evacuate. Six emergency warnings were in place for out-of-control wildfires.</p>
<p>Melbourne, Victoria’s capital, is set to reach 43 C on Monday.</p>
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