108 Left Dead in Bush Wildfires ; Australia Hit by Deadliest Blaze in Its History

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ENTIRE towns have been seared off the map by wildfires raging through south-eastern Australia, burning people in their homes and cars and raising the death toll to 108 yesterday in the deadliest blaze in the country's history.

Searing temperatures and wind blasts created a firestorm that swept across a swath of the country's Victoria state, where at least 700 homes were destroyed and all of the victims died. More victims were expected to be found, officials said.

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108 Left Dead in Bush Wildfires ; Australia Hit by Deadliest Blaze in Its History

"Hell in all its fury has visited the good people of Victoria," Prime Minis...

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