Fires rage across Australia's east coast(1/5)

Tinonee resident Brian Acheson sets up his tip truck as a makeshift fire truck to assist residents fighting spot and grass fires in the Hillville area near Taree, NSW, Australia, November 13, 2019. (Photo/Agencies)

Smoke billows from bushfire in Bobin, New South Wales, Australia November 13, 2019, in this still image obtained from a social media video. (Photo/Agencies)

Smoke billows from bushfire in Bobin, New South Wales, Australia November 13, 2019, in this still image obtained from a social media video. (Photo/Agencies)

A resident fights a grass fire in the Hillville area near Taree, NSW, Australia, November 13, 2019. (Photo/Agencies)

The Gospers Mountain fire is seen burning in bushland near Colo Heights, north west of Sydney, Australia, November 13, 2019. (Photo/Agencies)