Homes hit by Australia bush fires
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Homes are destroyed and towns under threat as bush fires rage in four states in Australia.
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Fires raged across Southern California, burning some houses to ground and sparing others in their path.
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More than 3,000 firefighters are battling to contain some of Australia's worst wildfires in 70 years,  as flames fanned by strong winds threatened homes in Victoria state.
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ST. CATHARINES, Ont. (CP) - Firemen battled a devastating house blaze into the early hours Tuesday, after a fire tore through a home, killing several people west of St. Catharines in the rural west Lincoln area.
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Many locals say arsonists started the deadly fires that have swept the country in the past week.
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Firefighters try to stop a blaze spreading as three homes in one street are alight and four people are reported injured.
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The death toll in bushfires sweeping South Australia state rose to 10 after two more bodies were found on the state's Eyre Peninsula, police said.
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Wildfires swept through Greece on Thursday, killing two people and destroying homes after days of record temperatures of more than 100 degrees that led to at least nine heatstroke deaths and extensive power cuts.
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A volunteer firefighter is killed and at least 20 homes destroyed as fires continue to burn in Australia.
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Firefighters brought Australia's deadliest bushfires in 20 years under control on Wednesday after nine people died in the blazes.
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Smoke from bushfires burning hundreds of  kilometers away blanketed Australia's second largest city  Melbourne on Saturday, delaying flights and setting off fire  alarms at the city's airport.
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Drought, housing expansion, and oversupply of tinder make for bigger, hotter fires.
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President Bush toured fire-ravaged Southern California Thursday as the threat began to ebb and the focus shifted to the investigation of possible arson.
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Firefighters, volunteers and aircraft tackle forest blazes that have caused widespread death and destruction.
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Fires raging in the Australian state of Victoria have destroyed more than 20 homes and some blazes merged in a new threat to townships.  The fires have burned about 2,000 square miles of northeast Victoria and the Gippsland area further south.
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Terrified residents had to leap into the sea to escape a raging wildfire that killed at least 10 people in southern Australia, emergency officials said Wednesday.
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Firefighters battling wildfires that have raged out of control for more than two weeks in Australia have taken advantage of cooler conditions to clear land in an attempt to contain the blazes.