Fires rage across four Australian states
MELBOURNE, Jan 22 (UPI) – Fire authorities in four australian states are to control bushefires fanned by strong winds and searing temperatures.
The Australian reported Sunday that blazed contunued to burn in South Australian, Tasmania, Western Australia and Victoria, where up to six homes have been destroyed. In South Australia, much of Adelaide is engulfed in thick smoke. The firefighters who are cronfonted by blast-furnance winds try to bring the plames under control.
At Roberstrown in the state’s mid-north, more than 2,500 acres have already burned. Another bushfire, strated by lightning, charred the eart near outh Flat on the southern side of Kangoro Island, while Ngarkat Convervation Park, in the state’s upper-southeast, is also a blaze.
A 7500 acres fire at Mount Agnew in Zeehan, in the state’s west broke containment lines Saturday afternoon, jumping a road and coming close to homes.
The most serious fires were in Victoria, where up to six homes were destroyed by a fire near the town of Anakie, 36 miles west of melbourne.
In Tasmania, falling temperatures and patchy rain brought some relief to firefighters, who continued to monitor 22 blazed across the states.
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