Australia Fires

Australia's Daylesford Residents Brace For Worst As New Fire Threatens Town

The Australian | Lauren Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

A BUSHFIRE was bearing down on the Victorian resort town of Daylesford last night, hours after an out-of-control grass fire threatened Melbourne's eas...

The Burning Question

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Tom Engelhardt

What if our lost decade lasts long enough to meet an environmental crisis involving extreme weather?

Brendan Sokaluk: Facebook Users Post Photos Of Alleged Australian Arsonist

guardian.co.uk | Ellen Connolly in Sydney | Posted 05.25.2011

Facebook users angered by a court order suppressing details of the man accused of starting one of the deadly bushfires that devastated Australia have ...

Australia Charges Suspect With Arson

AP | TANALEE SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

BUXTON, Australia — Residents of the town worst-hit by Australia's wildfire disaster made a brief and emotional return there on Saturday but wer...

Australian Emergency Operators Heard Fire Victims Final Calls

The Australian | Aaron Langmaid | Posted 05.25.2011

TRIPLE-0 operators listened to people "dying over the phone" at the height of the Victoria fires. More than 4200 terrifying phone calls were made to ...

Australia's Animals Scorched In Wildfires

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

SYDNEY — Kangaroo corpses lay scattered by the roadsides while wombats that survived the wildfire's onslaught emerged from their underground bur...

VIDEO, PHOTOS: Australia Wildfires Destroy Entire Towns

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

Entire towns have been destroyed by Australia's deadliest-ever wildfires. See this slideshow of the wildfires: Watch these videos: ...

Australian Wildfires Called An Act Of "Mass Murder" By Prime Minister

AP | TANALEE SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

WHITTLESEA, Australia — Disaster teams found charred bodies on roadsides and in crashed cars _ grim signs of the futile attempt to flee raging w...