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Mark Jefferies & Sonia Sharma

Australia bush fires spark fears I'm A Celebrity camp could be evacuated

The I'm A Celebrity camp in Australia may have to be evacuated due to bush fires in the area.

The ITV show's bosses are on alert and "closely monitoring" if they need to evacuate from the jungle site in the coming days, reports The Mirror .

At least three people are dead and thousands have been displaced by a weekend of fires.

On Sunday, the fire emergency's third day, more than 100 blazes were still burning across New South Wales and Queensland.

Wildfires burn on Australia's east coast

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the military could be called upon to support the 1,300 firefighters working in the two states.

And the deputy mayor of Tweed Shire Chris Cherry recently spoke about the hot weather in the area of Murwillumbah, where the I'm A Celeb show is based in the North East of NSW close to its border with Queensland.

She said: "Our main concern for the area is bush fires. It has been very hot and dry here in the past months and although this is a rain forest area, bush fires are now an issue we need to seriously think about. It’s bad.”

Firefighters are desperately trying to control devastating bush fires across New South Wales before a 'danger day' of weather forecast for Tuesday forcing the Rural Fire Service to issue the dire warning that "lives will be at risk".

Currently there are dozens of crew members on the I'm A Celebrity site and they also use members of the public for run-throughs of the programme in camp to test cameras, with Geordie hosts Ant and Dec also visiting the set regularly.

The celebrity contestants will be in camp by the weekend and at this stage it is not known exactly how long the threat of bush fires in the area remains.

There have been blazes close to the site in recent days at Lamington National Park, around 10 kilometres away, and on Saturday a fire 2,200 hectares in size and “out of control” was raging at Mount Nardi National Park around 20 kilometres away.

An ITV spokesman said: "We are in constant contact with the NSW fire brigade and are closely monitoring the situation.

"We currently have no cause for concern. The health and safety of all our production crew and celebrities are of the utmost importance."

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