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Australian wildfires destroy homes, hundreds of people flee

Australian authorities urged people to remain alert on Monday as wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes, killed cattle and forced hundreds of residents to flee continued to burn out of control in the southeast of the country.

Australian wildfires destroy homes, hundreds of people flee

Australian wildfires destroy homes, hundreds of people flee

STEPANAKERT, MARCH 19, ARTSAKHPRESS:No deaths or serious injuries were reported as of Monday morning, but the bushfires have caused extensive damage in rural areas of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW). At least 75 homes had been destroyed, authorities said.

“We can’t be 100 percent sure that everybody is accounted for... but each one of those homes that have been affected by fire will need to be looked at and just confirm that,” NSW Rural Fire Service Deputy Commissioner Rob Rogers told Australian Broadcasting Corp.

“There are 22 fires and five of those are not contained. There’s still a lot of fire around the landscape,” he said, adding it would be at least several days before they were extinguished.

The fires, believed to have been sparked by lightning on Saturday, were fanned by dry, hot winds as temperatures reached 41 C (106 F) throughout Sunday.


     

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