And Australia fire destroys almost 40 homes! The major bushfire ini the western Australian outback has destroyed almost forty 40 homes. On Wednesday, December 30, 2009, firefighters have been fighting the wild-fires for almost three months. The bush-fires have raged across the country.
Australia Fire Destroys Almost 40 Homes
Fire officials have said that the western Australian outback brush-fires have been one of the worst bush-fires across the Australian outback. The fires have raged over Australia throughout their summer. There have been a series of catastrophic warnings as at leas three fires have raged through at least three Australian states.
The brush-fires were especially horrific last February (2009), when the fires claimed the lives of 173 people and destroyed thousands of homes in the southern Victoria state. The ‘Black Saturday’ fires resulted in Australian officials adopting the ‘catastrophic’ warnings to advice residents to evacuate homes when the bush-fires posed a serious threat to life and property. Until this week, the Western Australia fires had not claimed significant property and had not claimed lives. Sadly the fires claimed 3,00 hectares (7,400 acres) and three firefighters and a woman from the wheat-belt town of Toodyay suffered minor injuries.
