A backburning operation intended to contain a massive wildfire in eastern Australia sparked out of control, damaging buildings and cutting off major roads, authorities said, as the country heads into another heatwave that may topple temperature records.

Australia firefighters accidentally spread blaze ahead of heatwave

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Australia firefighters accidentally spread blaze ahead of heatwave