A vehicle parked near the remains of a house destroyed by bushfires in
the Australian town of Kinglake, 34 miles (55km) northeast of Melbourne, on
February 8, 2009. Bushfires have killed over 130 people and burned hundreds of
homes since they broke out in the region.
Vehicles and a barn burn close to Labertouche, west of Melbourne, on
February 7, as more than 40 blazes raged across two Australian states in a
heatwave that pushed the mercury as high as 115 Fahrenheit.
A burnt out house in King Lake. This week's crisis is the worst wildfire
disaster in Australian history.
A crush of charred cars outside Kinglake that were destroyed by fire.
Thousands tried to escape the region as the fires spread, sending thousands
fleeing in scenes Prime Minister Kevin Rudd compared to "hell" on Sunday.
Firefighters try to contain an approaching front at Boolarra South in
Gippsland, Victoria, at the end of January, less than two weeks before
catastrophic flames hit the region.
Leveled houses in Kinglake. The fire has razed entire towns in
southeastern Australia.
A fire truck moves away from out-of-control flames from a bushfire in the
Bunyip State Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, west of Melbourne.
Dead cattle lie next to the road to Marysville after bushfires destroyed
the town. Police suspect some of the fires were started by arsonists, whom
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has accused of "mass murder."
Country Fire Authority staff monitor a giant fire raging in Bunyip State
Park. The last time Australia saw such horrific conditions was during the Ash
Wednesday wildfires of 1983, which killed 75 people and razed 2,500 homes.
Family members comfort each other on learning that their parents and
disabled brother were among the victims who died in the Marysville bushfire.
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