Sunday, February 8, 2009

Fires Ravage Australia

A burnt out house and a car are seen at the township of King Lake, north east of Melbourne, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. Towering flames razed entire towns in southeastern Australia and burned fleeing residents in their cars as the death toll from the country's worst fire disaster in a quarter-century reached 65 on Sunday.
Vehicles and a barn burn in bushfires close to Labertouche, ...
Vehicles and a barn burn in bushfires close to Labertouche, west of Melbourne. At least 65 people have died in ferocious wildfires raging through southeastern Australia where the death toll is set to rise significantly, police have said.
The remains of a burnt house are seen in the town of St Andrews, ...
The remains of a burnt house are seen in the town of St Andrews, north of Melbourne. The worst fire disaster in three decades, as a heatwave and strong winds sent sheets of flame racing through towns and farmland near Melbourne.

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