US EditionWhile This Third Generation Resident Was Saving the Town, His Own House Was Being Razed
The declaration grants emergency services authority to enforce evacuations across 18 local government areas to protect lives during widespread fast-moving fires.
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Bush fires have ravaged vast forested areas and destroyed many houses mobilising hundreds of firefighters in the rural south-eastern part of the country, one of the most destructive bush fires having travelled nearly 150,000 hectares near Longwood.
300,000 hectares of vegetation burned in more than 60 fires that broke out across Victoria • Premier: "If you have been advised to leave your home - you must leave" • Emergency Management Commissioner: "This is different from what we have seen in previous fires"
1 dead in Australian bushfire area as state of disaster declared
A man has died and a state of disaster has been declared amid the ongoing bushfire crisis in the southeast Australian state of Victoria, reported Xinhua. Premier of Victoria Jacinta Allan said at a press conference that a man aged in his 60s was found deceased in his car near the town of Harcourt, 110 km northwest of Melbourne, on Friday afternoon. His death was not directly related to the fires, Allan said, but occurred in close proximity to a …
Photo released on January 7, 2026 by the Wandong Fire Brigade showing a fire in the vicinity of Longwood, Victoria, Australia BRIGADE OF WANDONG'S AMPAIRS VIA REUTERS Victoria's Prime Minister Jacinta Allan declared a state of disaster on Saturday, January 10, in front of the scale of bush fires that destroyed several houses and ravaged vast forested areas in the rural south-eastern part of the country, and against which hundreds of firefighters…
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