Thousands told to jump into the ocean as Australia's raging fires approached

6:14pm PST - December 30th, 2019    abc news - Mashable

The sun didn't rise on New Year's Eve. The summer morning in a small beach town on the east coast of Australia looked like a winter's night. That black sky soon gave way to a blazing, eery orange as the flames approached. At least 4,000 people were told to ju…