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| Australia fires live: NSW and Victoria bushfires insurance bill tops $700m – latest updates | Australia fires live: NSW and Victoria bushfires insurance bill tops $700m – latest updates |
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| Rain falls on some NSW, Victorian and South Australian bushfire-affected areas, but worse fire conditions are forecast to return. Follow all today’s latest news and live updates | Rain falls on some NSW, Victorian and South Australian bushfire-affected areas, but worse fire conditions are forecast to return. Follow all today’s latest news and live updates |
| I am going to hand the blog over to Graham Readfearn now. | |
| I’ll be back tomorrow - and a reminder that firefighters are still bracing for dangerous fire conditions on Thursday and Friday, so take care of you, and keep following your local authorities updates, if you are in any of the firezones. | |
| Canberra’s emergency services agency has released another update: | |
| ACT | |
| * One small bushfire burning in Namadgi National Park | |
| NORTHERN TERRITORY | |
| * No bushfires burning | |
| * Five homes confirmed destroyed | |
| QUEENSLAND | |
| * 30 bushfires burning in the far north, central, southeast and Central Highlands | |
| * 2.5 million hectares burned | |
| * 48 homes confirmed destroyed | |
| WESTERN AUSTRALIA | |
| * 32 bushfires burning, in the Goldfield-Esperance region, Wheatbelt, Pilbara, Perth region and southeast | |
| * 1.7 million hectares burned | |
| * Three home confirmed destroyed | |
| TASMANIA | |
| * 14 bushfires burning across the state’s north, east and south | |
| * More than 32,000 hectares burned | |
| * Two homes confirmed destroyed | |
| State by state update | |
| (via AAP) | |
| NSW | |
| * 20 people dead, two missing | |
| * 130 bushfires burning on the South Coast, Snowy Mountains, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Mid North Coast | |
| * Almost five million hectares burned - equal to the metro areas of the five mainland state capitals | |
| * 1588 homes confirmed destroyed but number expected to rise | |
| VICTORIA | |
| * Two people dead | |
| * 14 bushfires burning in Gippsland, northeast and alpine regions | |
| * More than 1.2 million hectares burned | |
| * More than 200 homes confirmed destroyed but number expected to rise | |
| SOUTH AUSTRALIA | |
| * Three people dead | |
| * Five bushfires burning (four on the mainland, one on Kangaroo Island) | |
| * About 270,000 hectares burnt | |
| * 161 homes confirmed destroyed | |
| It’s been an other big day, so I’ll do my best to summarise some of the main parts | |
| There are two people missing in New South Wales | |
| Andrew O’Dwyer, a NSW RFS volunteer killed when the truck he was in rolled while fighting fires, has been laid to rest | |
| 130 fires are still burning across NSW, while 14 are still burning in Victoria, including several watch and act alerts. | |
| At least 6.2 million hectares have been burnt in NSW and Victoria alone - five million in NSW alone. | |
| The Ravine fire is still burning out of control on Kangaroo Island, having burned through at least one-third of the island so far | |
| 161 homes have been confirmed as destroyed on the island | |
| The recovery mission has begun | |
| More than 1800 insurance claims have been lodged totally $700 million - so far | |
| Craig Kelly has created international furore by continuing to deny the climate change, most recently on UK television | |
| Hazard reduction burns is “not a silver bullet” says Daniel Andrews | |
| Two people remain missing in NSW, after fire swept through their region, south of Eden. | |
| The official death toll remains at 20. | |
| (From AAP) | |
| OCTOBER | |
| Robert Lindsey, 77, and Gwenda Hyde, 68 – found in Coongbar home near Casino | |
| NOVEMBER | |
| George Nole, 85 – found in his car in Wytaliba, near Glen Innes | |
| Vivian Chaplain, 69 – found in her Wytaliba home | |
| Julie Fletcher, 63 – found in her Johns River home near Taree | |
| Barry Parsons, 58 – found in a shed at Willawarrin, near Kempsey | |
| Chris Savva, 64 – 4WD overturned near burnt-out South Arm bridge, near Nambucca Heads | |
| Man, 59 – sheltered in Yarrowitch water tank, died of injuries on December 29 | |
| DECEMBER | |
| Geoffrey Keaton, 32, and Andrew O’Dwyer, 36 – volunteer firefighters killed in rollover near Buxton | |
| NEW YEAR’S EVE FIRES | |
| Sam McPaul, 28 – volunteer firefighter killed when truck hit by fire tornado at Jingellic | |
| Patrick Salway, 29, and Robert Salway, 63 – young father and grandfather found at the family farm north of Cobargo | |
| Man, 70, named as Laurie Andrew by local media – found outside a Yatte Yattah home | |
| Man, 75 – burnout car near the Princes Highway at Yatte Yattah | |
| Man, 62 – found in a vehicle in Sussex Inlet | |
| Body, believed to be a man, 56 – found outside a home at Coolagolite, east of Cobargo | |
| Man, 72, reportedly off-duty RFS firefighter Colin Burns – found in car near Belowra | |
| Man, 47, dies of a heart attack while helping a friend defend their property near Batlow | |
| Man, 71, found on a burnt-out property in Nerrigundah | |
| Graham Readfearn has looked at some of the wildlife potentially lost in the Kangaroo Island fire: | Graham Readfearn has looked at some of the wildlife potentially lost in the Kangaroo Island fire: |
| Australian actor Chris Hemsworth and his family have donated $1m to the bushfire crisis | Australian actor Chris Hemsworth and his family have donated $1m to the bushfire crisis |
| The SA CFS chief, Greg Nettleton provided this update: | The SA CFS chief, Greg Nettleton provided this update: |
| Corey Wingard, the South Australian emergency services minister is delivering an update on the damage to Kangaroo Island from a bushfire: | Corey Wingard, the South Australian emergency services minister is delivering an update on the damage to Kangaroo Island from a bushfire: |
| The fire is still out of control. | The fire is still out of control. |
| CFA fire chief Steve Warrington also comments on the hazard reduction burn commentary: | CFA fire chief Steve Warrington also comments on the hazard reduction burn commentary: |
| He is a *current* fire chief too, for anyone who wants to push the “greens funding former fire chief” agenda. But they are all saying the same thing. | He is a *current* fire chief too, for anyone who wants to push the “greens funding former fire chief” agenda. But they are all saying the same thing. |
| Daniel Andrews is again discussing the issues with hazard reduction burns, and why the idea that fuel reduction burns would have stopped this crisis, is not logical: | Daniel Andrews is again discussing the issues with hazard reduction burns, and why the idea that fuel reduction burns would have stopped this crisis, is not logical: |
| Andrew Crisp: | Andrew Crisp: |
| The Victorian emergency commissioner, Andrew Crisp, has an update: | The Victorian emergency commissioner, Andrew Crisp, has an update: |
| On Kangaroo Island, at least 56 homes have been destroyed by a bushfire. It has burnt through at least one third of the island. Two men were killed as they fled the blaze. | On Kangaroo Island, at least 56 homes have been destroyed by a bushfire. It has burnt through at least one third of the island. Two men were killed as they fled the blaze. |
| More on hazard reduction from a former Victorian environment minister, who says he does not recall having been lobbied by green groups to stop fuel reduction burns. | More on hazard reduction from a former Victorian environment minister, who says he does not recall having been lobbied by green groups to stop fuel reduction burns. |