Jamie Fato prepares to stop an out of control fire entering Owen Whalan’s property at Koorainghat, near Taree, New South Wales state, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Hundreds of schools remained closed across Australia’s most populous state on Tuesday, Nov. 12, and residents were urged to evacuate woodlands for the relative safety of city centers as authorities braced for extreme fire danger. (Darren Pateman/AAP Images via AP)