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** FILE ** In this Feb. 7, 2009 file photo, a fire truck moves away from out of control flames from a bushfire in the Bunyip Sate Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of Melbourne, Australia. In the aftermath of the most lethal wildfires in Australia's history, officials are again considering whether enough is being done to reduce the risk through controlled burns. (AP Photo/FILE) Keystone -
epa01645193 A home owner defends his home as CFA fire fighters wait for the fire to reach their defence line along Glenfern Rd, in Upwey, east of Melbourne, Australia, 23 February 2009. The fire is threatening homes in Melbourne's eastern suburbs and has destroyed one house, two fire trucks, and injured three firefighters. EPA/JOE CASTRO Keystone -
epa01645187 CFA fire fighters wait for the fire to reach their defence line along Glenfern Road, in Upwey, east of Melbourne, Australia, 23 February 2009. The fire destroyed one house, two fire trucks, and injured 3 fire fighters. EPA/JOE CASTRO Keystone -
This image provided by NASA, rendered Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, shows a large plume of smoke spreading southward from a fire (outlined in red) that appears to be burning in a small area of forest west of Churchill in Victoria's Gippsland region. Entire towns have been seared off the map by wildfires raging through southeastern Australia, burning people in their homes and cars in the deadliest blaze in the country's history. The number of dead Monday stood at 108, a grim toll that rose almost by the hour as officials reached further into the fire zone. (AP Photo/NASA) Keystone -
Country Fire Authority (CFA) fireman douses a smoldering tree after a bushfire near the township of Daylesford , 150 kilometers (94 miles) northwest of Melbourne, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. With terrifying memories of Australia's deadliest wildfires still fresh in their minds, residents chose to flee rather than stay and protect their homes Monday when new blazes broke containment lines and threatened the forested fringes of the country's second-largest city. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill) Keystone -
The remains of St. Andrew's church are scattered after it was destroyed by fire at the community of Kinglake, north east of Melbourne, Australia Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. Officials believe arson may be behind at least some of the more than 400 fires that tore a destructive path across a vast swath of southern Victoria state over the weekend. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) Keystone -
epa01629213 Family members comfort each other on learning that their parents Bill and Faye Walker and disabled brother Geoffrey who were among victims that died in the Marysville bushfire, north east of Melbourne, Australia 09 February 2009. The death toll in Australia's worst-ever forest fires was set to soar 09 February as burned out cars and smouldering logs were shunted aside and rescuers broke through to villages cut off by the inferno. Authorities in the south coast city of Melbourne say 108 are confirmed dead but hold grave fears for many others. EPA/ANDREW BROWNBILL Keystone -
epa01632417 A body lies on the ground after it was recovered from at a property at Steels Creek, near Kinglake, 11 February 2009. Disaster victim identification (DVI) teams recovered four bodies from two properties in Steels Creek, the first to be found out of the township's 40 homes, which are all believed to have been destroyed in the bushfires. Victims vented their anger over the weekend's deadly forest fires north of Melbourne as a police dragnet tightened around suspected arsonists. At least 1,200 houses were razed, 450,000 hectares blackened and 5,000 rendered homeless in 07 February inferno - Australia's worst natural disaster. EPA/CRAIG BORROW Keystone -
Local CFA firefighter David Tree shares his water with an injured Australian Koala at Mirboo North after wildfires swept through the region on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. Suspicions that the worst wildfires ever to strike Australia were deliberately set led police to declare crime scenes Monday in towns incinerated by blazes, while investigators moving into the charred landscape discovered more bodies. The death toll stood at 181.(AP Photo/Mark Parden) Keystone -
epa01632531 Forensics teams search through the burnt out ruins of a house in Marysville, north of Melbourne, Australia, 12 February 2009. Police say it will take months to idenify all the victims of the bushfires that savaged the region on 07 February. EPA/JULIAN SMITH Keystone
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