[AlexanderPalamayr]

Now have 29 major fires burning across state. Large number of homes lost. Reported confirmed people lost at 14 with possibly 40. Uncountable number of towns under direct threat. Power supply plants surrounded by fire and power lines being damaged or lost completely. The cool change came in with 100km hr winds and increased the fire sizes rapidly. Every major hiway in the state is cut by fires, some in multiple places.