Wildfires in Australia's New South Wales Are Finally Contained It's the first time this season that <br />firefighters have been able to do so. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service <br />made the announcement on Twitter. @NSWRFS, via Twitter Firefighters have been battling blazes<br />in the area for several months. They recently received help <br />from torrential rain. New South Wales deputy commissioner Rob Rogers says <br />they can now start helping people affected by the fires. Rob Rogers, via CBS News The fires started last September and <br />have left at least 33 people dead. Over 3,000 homes were destroyed, and <br />an estimated 1 billion animals are <br />thought to have been killed.
