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Oz inferno death toll reaches 108, 750 homes destroyed
Updated On: 09 February, 2009 10:39 AM IST | | Agencies
The death toll in the bushfires that raged across southern Australia this weekend rose to 108 this morning, amid fears that it will rise further as many people are still missing. Eighteen people remain in critical condition.
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Troops and firefighters are still fighting raging Australian wildfires that have left at least 128 people dead amid a landscape of charred bodies, homes and devastated communities.
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The wildfires have become the deadliest in Australia's history, destroying 750 homes, burning down entire towns and wiping out families. Thirty-one fires were still burning in southeastern Victoria state, where all the deaths
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The wildfires have become the deadliest in Australia's history, destroying 750 homes, burning down entire towns and wiping out families. Thirty-one fires were still burning in southeastern Victoria state, where all the deaths
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RUINED: Buildings and vehicles sit destroyed at Kinglake, Australia, yesterday. At least 26 fires raged in southern Australia over the weekend, leaving behind a trail of destruction. pic/ap Read Next Story Trending StoriesLatest Photos |
