In Australia, rural areas of New South Wales (NSW) State have been evacuated as wildfires rage across the state, threatening homes and closing roads. <br/><br/>According to Rural Fire Service, some 97 fires were razing across the state, with 37 uncontained. One person has been flown to hospital in Sydney after suffering burns.<br/><br/> A heatwave has seen temperatures in some affected areas hit records while fast winds from the desert were fanning flames. More than 2,000 firefighters, many of them volunteers, were battling the fires.