Australia Wildfire

Australian Man Convicted Of Starting Deadly Wildfire

AP | Posted 05.20.2012

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) � An Australian man was convicted Tuesday of deliberately starting one of the deadly wildfires that swept through sou...

Wildfires Destroy Homes In Australia's West, Around Perth

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

PERTH, Australia — Wildfires possibly sparked by fallen power lines roared across a swath of western Australia on Wednesday, razing almost 40 ho...

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...

Soul on Fire

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 11.17.2011

Arthur Rosenfeld

Learning to remain relaxed and go with life's flow is a high achievement indeed. Mind-body practice helps, meditation helps, but in the end it is self-awareness that is required.

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...

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 Wildfire Rebuilding Finds A Mascot

AP | ROHAN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

SYDNEY — It was a chance encounter in the charred landscape of Australia's deadly wildfires: A koala sips water from a bottle offered by a firef...

AUSTRALIAN WILDFIRES RAGE: Dozens Killed, Entire Towns Destroyed

AP | TANALEE SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

HEALESVILLE, Australia — The deadliest wildfires in Australia's history burned people in their homes and cars and wiped out entire towns, offici...