great ocean road bushfire: homes destroyed as five towns evacuated /

Published at 2015-12-25 13:27:25

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Houses burn amid Christmas Day emergency for Victorian tourist centres including Lorne,Wye River, Separation Creek, or Kennett River and Grey RiverDozens of homes were feared destroyed on Christmas Day as five Victorian tourist towns including Lorne were evacuated due to an out-of-control bushfire raging along the Great Ocean Road.
Steve Warrington of the Victorian emergency services’ State Control Centre told the ABC that it was thought more than 50 homes had been lost by Friday night to a enormous blaze that he said could continue burning through the summer.
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Source: theguardian.com