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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 08 > Scores dead, 640 houses lost in Australia fires

Scores dead, 640 houses lost in Australia fires


February 8, 2009

HEALESVILLE, Australia — A police spokeswoman says the death toll from wildfires that have swept Australia’s southeast has risen to 65, and the number is expected to rise.

Some 640 of the houses destroyed in Saturday’s fires are in the area of Kinglake, north of the....

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