AUSTRALIA: There has been no respite for firefighters as record temperatures have helped spread the blazes engulfing the country, Part One.

VOICED: There has been no respite for firefighters in Australia as record temperatures have helped spread the blazes engulfing the country. It reached 48.9 degrees in the Sydney suburb of Penrith. Sky's Alex Crawford reports now from Batemans Bay in New South Wales. Shows: Interior shots of helicopter pilots in cockpit, Aerial views of wild bushfires and smoke, Aerial views of Fire and Rescue plan dropping water onto wildfire, Aerial views of of thick smoke covering landscape, Interview with Pilot James Williams, Exterior shots of fire burning in forrest, PTC, Exterior shots of women feed wild kangaroos, Interview with mother Carrie Jansma-Smith and daughter Wishaya Jansma-Smith, Exterior shots of sun setting behind thick smoke, Interior shots of an abandoned house.