Just have a look at East Gippsland.

This is in the state off Victoria, the authorities warning here.

It's actually too late now for people threatened by bushfires even to get out of the area.

24 hours ago, tens of thousands of residents and tourists were told to leave because the conditions were getting worse.

The fires are now encroaching on the major roads.

We have a look in neighboring New South Wales as well.

Conditions here expected to deteriorate as the pictures that we've got from the rural fire Service helped to indicate Ah, 100 fires burning away.

More than 40 of them are uncontained brightness.

Odin has this an unprecedented step and unprecedented bushfire conditions.

As emergency level blazers flare across Victoria state, tens of thousands of holidaymakers are told to get out.

This is ah, high risk day for Victoria.

This is a day we do not often see as state is dry, It is gonna be very hot.

It is gonna be very, very windy.

People get out now.

If you don't, you've got to stay across the conditions and listen to those warnings through the day.

Temperatures above 40 degrees and changes and wind direction are pushing destructive bushfires closer to towns and homes and already dry tinderbox conditions.

Victorian authorities are most concerned about too out of control bushfires which have merged in popular tourist spot East Gippsland.

The blazes within a few kilometres of the only highway into and out of the area and there are fears that rose could be cut off hot, windy and there's a lot of smart about a lot of far still going on best off cape and any until it's alive or I think so.

We will prefer to be safe and if we got stuck here, will be a big problem for us.

A warm front has pushed mercury levels about 40 across southeastern Australia, with fire warnings stretching from west to South Australia and into Tasmania.

The biggest blazers air ranging in New South Wales with two mega blazers, have now encircled the country's most populated city, Sydney.

In the Blue Mountains.

Flames up to 40 meters high tour through Bill Pin, leaving a trail of devastation.

It had escaped from the fire.

Thankfully, it wasn't.

The bushfires have had catastrophic impact on wildlife and the habitat.

Some experts estimate upto half a 1,000,000,000 animals may have perished in the flames or four polls.

A burnt her nose has been burnt.

Use both burnt.

Um, all of that I'm okay with me.

I'm sure she's not okay, but she's on pain meds, so she's okay with it.

My biggest concern is the eyes the this closest to milk her right eye looks like clearly got smoke damage in New South Wales.

The warm weather is forecast to peak on New Year's Eve, with some relief expected on Wednesday.

Brian is out on BBC news.

Will the focus around different states could switch if not our by our certainly day by day.

And I'm joined now by Andrew Stark, who's the deputy chief officer of the South Australia Country Fire Service.

Thanks very much indeed for sparing some time for us.

What is your concern about the next period?

The next day or two.

It certainly, uh, they're our largest concern.

down here in South Australia is, ah number of fires occurring on Kangaroo Island, which is just a short distance off the coast near our capital city at a light.

We've got two very large fires here that they're continuing to threaten lives and property this evening.

But we've had over 154 fires across help frustrated high crews worked very hard under these extreme fire conditions.

Temperatures over 40 degrees when times gusting over 50 kilometers.

And they are being very different conditions.

But people work very hard Well, and they've been working hard handwritten, they foot for it Seems like forever, I guess, for your staff.

How seriously How do they cope with that?

How do you manage that sort of issue?

Oh, yes.

Look, this is a very long season.

Already are far apart, is commenced in in August, assisting into coins, land into new South wild.

And we now find ourselves in the middle of the fire season here and healthy dryer.

And until we get some relieving Ryan across, try would expect these conditions to continue for many months.

So it's certainly gone beyond the A marathon.

It's we're now in an ultra marathon in terms of firefighting across destroyed.

And what do you say and do to those who, when told to get out, prefer to stay and sort of fight for their properties as it were?

What is your message to them?

Look under under some forecast.

Under some conditions, people who ever plan that have well prepared their property can stay, stay and defend those properties.

But certainly when we see catastrophic fire conditions like we've seen across South Australia and into Victoria today and Internusa 12 tomorrow, the safest place to be is not in an area that's pushed for our prime to be well away from those areas.

And we've seen people responding to that messaging right across Cephus trying Victoria.

And we do expect to see people moving out of high risk areas in yourself while tomorrow very briefly, I mean the pictures we've never seen the like of, I think there perhaps that better than we've had before in terms of access to the fires.

Have you ever seen conditions as bad as this before?

Look, it's always very hard, Teoh judge, you know, one season to another in Australia had some some very challenging five seasons.

And indeed, in my career of things, very challenging fires.

But therefore part is right across l state, doing I tremendous job under really challenging and really at Tom's very dangerous conditions.

Uh, wait.

We're pleased with the way the community's responded to our advice in their messaging, But, uh, Summers could a long way to go here.

Really?

Well, Andrew, Thanks for a much Andrew start from South Australia.

Country, Far service.

The best of luck to you.

Thank you.