VIDEO: Cigarette Butt Puts Deadly Blaze in Sydney Olympic Park - Report
Sydney was set ablaze as Australia's Olympic Park in Sydney caught fire Sunday as the fire broke out after a cigarette butt thrown away in the area, according to reports.
The fire led to the evacuation of about 500 people from the Sydney Aquatic Center and a total of 1500 people were voided from the crime zone.
The authorities are on a lookout for the person who discarded the cigarette that led to the massive damage. The CCTV cameras are being scanned to track who committed the crime. According to reports, about 80 cars were caught up in the wildfire causing damage. Among were 47 cars that were totally wrecked and the rest were badly damaged. Five people were reported injured.
The winds led the fire burning the cars until a thick smoke started to rise. The vicinity was packed with families as the Ryde-Carlile Challenge Cup meet was being held. The fire, which started at 3 p.m., had been reported to have turned 47 cars into ashes in an hour.
The thick smoke smothered the park and there were LPG tanks that were exploding with loud pops heard near the cars set on fire.
About 50 firefighters were deployed with a tough job to conduct before they controlled rapidly the spreading fire. It was Australia's most popular Olympic park which witnessed Olympic Games 2000.
The fire has risen as Australia during this time was experiencing bad weather conditions with winds gusting at 70kph.
In September 2013, Sydney had experienced another catastrophic wild fire that caused casualty in residential areas.
With extreme weather conditions and the growing number of wildfires, Australia has suffered serious summer conditions.
Leaked Report By Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change - Predictions Heading Towards Deadly Summers
A leaked draft of a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has reported that Australia's future is inclined toward deadly summers.
Deaths due to heat waves will triple in Sydney in the next 50 to 70 years.
Southwest and southeast regions of Australia have been known as hotspots of climate change by a study revealing that the rate of warm oceans is higher in Australia than any other place.
According to the other predictions, incidents of wildfires will increase by 100 percent by 2050.
Illnesses will increase with a rise in water and foodborne diseases. Incidents of floods have been reported to increase and intensity of the storms to become denser.
Like the recent incidents of wildfires in Sydney, they are posing greater threats to the entire Australia as extreme summers are expected to takeover.
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