Almost 100 people died in Australia because of the fire that have spread through the state of Victoria recently.
The fires, that had started as bush fires, have already destroyed more than a 100 square miles of forests, farms and entire towns. Firemen are fighting with the flames desperately but they are afraid that their effort will not be enough to win the battle. Officials claim that in order to get the situation under control heavy rains are needed.
Witnesses, when asked of the fires, said that they had seen walls of flames reaching up to four-storeys and they had seen trees exploding and ash had been raining from the skies.
It is said that arsonists were responsible for the start of some fires or for the restart of those that had already been put out. Police officials said that it was unlikely that the fires had been started by natural causes and that if those responsible for the catastrophe are caught could face even 20 years in prison. Of course, to prove the crime origin investigators should be sent to severals key locations to collect evidence when all the fires are extinguished.
Thousands of firefighters have been trying to put out the flames with water hoses as well as with the aid of water-bombing aircraft. Many people have volunteered to help the work of the fire brigades.
Officials said that this tragedy will go down in history as the worst related to bush fires since the one in 1983. Back then 75 people were killed by the blazes.
Bob Brown, leader of the Green Party, said that summer fires would only get worse unless the country [Australia] and other nations showed more commitment towards the reduction of gas emissions.
BBC quoted the opinion of the politician: "It's a sobering reminder of the need for this nation and the whole world to act and put at a priority our need to tackle climate change."
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