Wildfires threaten Australian towns - officials
Hot, dry, windy conditions spread wildfires east of Melbourne, Australia. Presently there are 25 fires burning in the state and 15 of them are in eastern Victoria.
Firefighters work to extinguish a bush-fire near Yinnar in Gippsland, Victoria.
Authorities warn that more homes are threatened by wildfires that have burnt dozens of homes and buildings in rural southeast Australia.
Victoria state Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp said emergency warnings had been issued on Tuesday for the towns of Dargo and Licola east of the capital Melbourne as flames approached homes.
Very significant series of fires 🔥 affecting Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺 at the moment (04/03/2019). Captured by the Sentinel-2 🌏 🛰️ Any ideas what's causing the wave patterns in the smoke? It's not something I usually see in these sort of images. #pyrocb #wildfires #march pic.twitter.com/IU6HvLwiku
— David Moore (@David_P_Moore) March 4, 2019
Crisp says 38 fires have razed more than 40,000 hectares (150 square miles) of forest and farm land across the state on Friday last week, destroying nine homes, damaging another house and damaging or destroying 23 out-buildings.
The Jinks Creek Winery was among the buildings destroyed at the weekend. No serious injuries have been reported.
Wildfires are common across sub-tropical Australian during the southern summer which ended last week.
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