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Thread #125175   Message #2799178
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
30-Dec-09 - 07:49 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bushfires in Australia-summer2009/10
Subject: RE: BS: Bushfires in Australia-summer2009/10
quokka, do you have friends in the fire affected areas?

There are likely to be more fires in the state as the Weather Bureau has issued catastrophic fire danger rating for parts of the Goldfields region for tomorrow.

WA fire declared a natural disaster Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has declared a fire that destroyed more than 37 homes at Toodyay, 80km north-east of Perth, a natural disaster.
Authorities say it appears the blaze began near power lines.
Three firefighters and a woman from the town suffered minor injuries in the fire, which has burnt 3,000 hectares of bushland.

Out of control Vic blaze contained - this fire is in the broad region where Joybell lives, but about 100km from her home

Public helps nab alleged teen arsonist in Victoria Police have caught a 14-year-old boy they allege was seen lighting a fire in grassland in south-east Tasmania on Tuesday.
Witnesses assisted police to locate the boy shortly after the fire broke out in Brighton on Tuesday.
Fire services put out the blaze before it caused any property damage.