A firefighter directs colleagues as they battle bushfire flames near
residences in the northern Sydney suburb of Berowra December 6, 2002.
Firefighters fought flames from house to house in northwestern Sydney
on Friday as gale-force winds whipped up fierce bushfires threatening
scores of homes in Australia's main city and 79 fires continued to burn
for a third day throughout New South Wales state. REUTERS/Jason Reed

JIR/CP