A group of American firefighters was met with a round of applause when they arrived in Sydney, Australia, to help fight the bush fires that have consumed parts of the country.

Video from the airport showed dozens of firefighters lugging their gear off an airplane as their fellow travelers stood and clapped for their arrival. The group was sent to Australia as part of an international effort to put out wildfires that have ravaged vast swaths of the country, damaging property and killing millions of animals native to the Outback.

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