BREAKING NEWS: Australian Fires - Up to 100 Dead & 700 Homes Destroyed!!

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In this news report, we see that 76 people have been confirmed dead. Authorites are estimating that this could well reach 100 as more bodies are found.

According to the news agency, this is the worst fire disaster to ever hit Australia...Far worse than Ash Wednesday & Black Friday. Around 700 homes have been destroyed and over 4000 people evacuated.

Accompanying the flames is one of the most powerful heat waves in memory, with temperatures in parts of Melbourne reaching 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees Fahrenheit) in the last couple of weeks. Dozens of heat-related deaths have been reported.

Still, despite earlier reports, the fires have not posed a significant threat to more populated areas, including Melbourne, as they sweep across rural outskirts of South Eastern Australia, Walshe said.

By Sunday afternoon, eight major fires were burning throughout Victoria, destroying hundreds of thousands of acres, said Daniel Connell, spokesperson for the state's Country Fire Authority. The largest blaze has centered around Kinglake, where 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) have been burnt.

The fires were being fought mostly with aircraft, except in areas where homes were at risk, authorities said.

Another fire ravaged 90,000 hectares in Churchill, about 160 km (100 miles) South East of Melbourne. In Victoria, 30 blazes were registered in a period of 30hrs, said Fran Ludgate with the Fire Protection Association

The New South Wales Rural Fire Service asked residents to remain indoors and to close all windows, as winds continued to push smoke from the bush into the Sydney metropolitan area.

Adelaide found their city morgue filled to the brim with heat related deaths last week as temperatures hit 48 degrees. A make shift morgue was errected as more heat related deaths continued. Country areas of South Australia hit a massive 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). More high temperatures are expected this coming weekend.

In Northern Australia, 60 percent of the state of Queensland was flooded officials reported, and residents were warned to be on the lookout for crocodiles in urban areas.

*** It has just been reported that Australia is currently the hottest country in the world and these fires have certainly been Hell on Earth for all people effected ***

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[LatestInfo]

I nearly stopped all further comments on here, after reading some of the sick and mean things said. It does sicken me how heartless people seem to flock to videos like this.

But after reading kind and heartfelt messages from a number of people, I feel that it would be an injustice to prevent others from sending their condolences & regards to the many Australians effected.

Australia thanks you all

[8stone]

cant believe some of the shit been said on this video bringing up the injustice of the way the aboriginal were treated has nothing to do with this for fucks sake! I hope they sort it out soon I feel for these people and wish them all the best under the circumstances, [from a kiwi]

[LatestInfo]

I too can't believe the types of people that a video like this attracts! It seems that certain people flock to tragedy...not to give support but to laugh and make fun of the people effected! This sickens me terribly.

There are far too many people hurting from the fires; lost lives, families and friends.

Australia is made up of all races & creeds. We are always there to help others, in times of trouble...We always pull together & we will make it through this!

I am glad to be Australian.

[PR0GRAMMING]

You are the definition of an idiot.

There is no supernatural karma, it's made up to make imbeciles like your think that a sense of fairness echoes through the universe.

And isn't a touch unfair that people, with only their skin tone in common, should get punished for the acts of people 100 years ago?

Grow a brain.

[legoszormeny]

I totally agree with your opinion.

[sapphire60s]

Two years down the track and I stumble on this. I am a survivor of Black Saturday, trapped in Kinglake. Those who have written kind words for the horror we saw and lived through, thank you, much love to you. Those who have put in their two cents worth and know nothing of our laws and how our country works plus the fools who add comments that have nothing to do with the topic, please keep hurtful ignorant comments to youselves. We suffered huge terror, trauma, saw death. We are still suffering.

[mhorsesbiz]

Looking back on the anniversary of a natural disaster and sending condolences and many thanks to all who were involved in rescue and recovery efforts.

[emlhnt]

@Olatunje this is the dumbest moron i have ever heard of. To think this was the only country that stole land from natives is retarded.. let alone the fact that living in australia now, does not make you one of the few ENGLISHMEN that were so horrible to the indigenous population.. "The evil empire", what a stupid thing to say.. How is australia an empire? And do u have any idea how much charity australia dedicates to the rest of the world?? probably even to your country, wherever that is. CHILD!

[spiderwebbie96]

@Bodirogaj No thank you

[spiderwebbie96]

@Olatunje WTF

[spiderwebbie96]

@Olatunje You're a retard

[spiderwebbie96]

@Olatunje You spelt their wrong

[nupthatisit]

@anonpsycho88 Incorrect. The Gippsland fire started a couple of days beforehand, but there were 40 fires that day, most of which started midday of the day of the disaster. Most of the deaths occurred in Kinglake and Kinglake West where the fires fueled by 100km/h winds and 46 degree heat, moved so fastarrived before anyone knew they were there. Not to mention the fire had a front of something like 20 km width. You want to try escaping that?

[nupthatisit]

@anonpsycho88 I can understand where you're coming from, but one thing you may not understand is that bushfires are commonplace here, and the "stay and defend" strategy has worked innumerable times before. People here in the bush are highly skilled and well prepared for events such as bushfires - we get on average about 200 fires a year. But once in a few decades the severity takes people by surprise - Ash Wednesday in 1983 was the last time, before that it was in 1967.

[mjthekingofmusic52]

@a53fly Thankyou