AUSTRALIA-WEATHER-FIRE

AUSTRALIA-WEATHER-FIRE

This handout photo taken on January 12, 2014 and supplied by Australia’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) shows a wildfire along the edge of the road next to a firetruck in the Stoneville area, a suburb east of Perth in the state of Western Australia. A man died and four other people were missing after a fast-moving wildfire destroyed at least 46 homes in western Australia’s Perth, officials said on January 13. The blaze, thought to have been started by a fallen power line in the city’s wooded outskirts on January 12, was fanned by hot, strong gusts that saw 20-metre (66-foot) flames tear through residential streets. AFP PHOTO / DFES / EVAN COLLIS
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