Hell hath no fury like a bushfire raging across hectares of grassland, farms and countryside, moving with the speed of lightning so fast that people who tried to outrun the fires were burnt in their cars. Cars litter the countryside bodies incinerated - the total so far is 76 - but that could rise. We sat and listened to the appalling news yesterday with a heavy heart knowing that there would be many who would never see another sunrise. Hundreds of homes have been burnt to the ground - razed, the scene looking like something out of a futuristic nightmare. Whole communities have been wiped out - not a single stone left standing.
Sunday 8th February 2009
There are 12 bushfires burning out of control across Victoria and 26 blazes in total.
In total, more than 700 homes have been confirmed destroyed.
Beechworth
Brittania Creek
Bunyip Park
Bendigo
Kilmore
Walhalla
Gippsland
Horsham
The blazes have grown to more than 210,000 hectares and are burning towards Taggerty, Crystal Creek, Connollys Creek, Glenburn, and Rubicon.
They have already burnt through Kinglake, Marysville, Buxton and Narbethong.
It could even be found in Wikipedia
These bushfires are even worse than the Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983.
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