Own Correspondent|Opposition MDC standing committee Secretary for Education and Culture Fadzai Mahere has called on Zimbabweans to get into action on wild fires that are threatening to burn up much of Australia’s bushes and towns.

Mahere made the call in her Twitter post on Sunday afternoon.

Australia’s devastating fires reached unprecedented peak in the first few days of January, according to multiple reports.

The devastating bushfires in Australia that have drawn military deployments and millions of dollars of aid meant to address “unprecedented” amounts of damage, authorities said in a Saturday press conference.

Photos from Australia’s New South Wales state taken Sunday, just before Mahere’s call, show shocking red skies blanketing communities with thick fog.

Pictures showing skies in parts of the country’s New South Wales state show the shocking effects of months of fires that have devastated nearby areas. Blood-red skies hung over the state, which currently has 150 active fires, 64 of which are uncontrolled, according to The Associated Press.

The scenes from New South Wales appeared almost post-apocalyptic as a heavy, glowing blanket of smoke hung above areas like Canberra.

Reuters reports that officials in Canberra asked for 100,000 extra breathing masks as Sunday saw the world’s worst-ever recorded air quality. The masks are expected to arrive for residents on Monday.

More than 5.25 million hectares (13 million acres) of land have been burnt so far in this fire season across Australia and nearly 1,500 homes have been destroyed in New South Wales alone.

Last week, Zimbabweans watch helplessly a building burn to a shell in the Harare Central Business. The local fire team battled helplessly with very little water supply to control the fire.