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**enencephoth** · 02-10-2009, 05:58 PM

As Im sure most of you would have heard, Australia has just suffered its largest peace-time disaster - over 130 dead in the fires that have rampaged through the state of Victoria. Whole towns wiped off the map. Not all the fires have been put out yet. The newspapers are full of disturbing shots from helicopters of bodybags stacked next to burnt-out cars.

As areas are opened to emergeny crews, the death toll could be revised to approximately 200. It could take months to identify all those who have perished.

I sincerely hope noone from this forum has been caught in the tragedy. My thoughts go out to anyone who has lost friends and family, and the 5000 that have lost everything.

NSW is also battling fires, and Perth has an arsonist running around at the moment. I hope the rest of summer doesnt bring any more of this.

02-10-2009, 05:58 PM	#1
enencephoth Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	Australian fire disaster As Im sure most of you would have heard, Australia has just suffered its largest peace-time disaster - over 130 dead in the fires that have rampaged through the state of Victoria. Whole towns wiped off the map. Not all the fires have been put out yet. The newspapers are full of disturbing shots from helicopters of bodybags stacked next to burnt-out cars. As areas are opened to emergeny crews, the death toll could be revised to approximately 200. It could take months to identify all those who have perished. I sincerely hope noone from this forum has been caught in the tragedy. My thoughts go out to anyone who has lost friends and family, and the 5000 that have lost everything. NSW is also battling fires, and Perth has an arsonist running around at the moment. I hope the rest of summer doesnt bring any more of this.
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