The fire comes after four people were killed in one of a series of
wildfires sparked by lightning in Western Australia state last week.
Australia bushfire kills two people, thousands of animals (Daily Star)
A bushfire in southern Australia
has killed two people and thousands of animals and destroyed homes and
buildings along a 27-mile front, media reported on Wednesday, as the
blaze headed for the wine-growing region of the Barossa Valley.
The
fire comes after four people were killed in one of a series of
wildfires sparked by lightning in Western Australia state last week.
Wildfires
are an annual summer event in Australia, but signs of rising
temperatures have prompted some scientists to warn that climate change
could increase the length and intensity of the fire season.
Two people had been killed by the fires in South Australia state where the blaze was being fanned by high winds, Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) said.
One resident told ABC he had no choice but to leave thousands of animals at a pig farm for dead.
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Fire Service chief officer Greg Nettleton said the fire was moving so
fast that fire crews could not establish positions at the front of the
blaze.
"This is a particularly nasty fire. It will run right through the night and into tomorrow," Nettleton told media.
Weather conditions were expected to moderate on Thursday with lower temperatures and winds dropping during the day.
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