Bushfires in

Victoria, Australia

February, 2009

Photo taken from outside Alissa Rowley's house in Traralgon.

Photo taken by Shenae Sutcliffe from Tynong North.

Strong winds set in with the cool change at Drouin, driving the fire very close to residential areas. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Photo taken by Rhys Smith of Churchill/Hazelwood fire, Lawless Rd.

Mount Disapointment - King Lake and surrounds from Everton Stud Eden Park. Picture: Chris Sheffield

Photo taken by Anna Blaney from Commercial Road, Morwell.

Looking south-east from Morwell towards Hazelwood Power Station. Picture: Anthony Heinemann

A smoke cloud approaches Labertouche, near Pakenham, east of Melbourne. Picture: Alex Coppel

Bushfire dwarfs a fire-truck at Labertouche, near Pakenham, east of Melbourne. Picture: Alex Coppel

Photo taken by Nicole Finlayson of the fire approaching Warragul.

Photo taken by Nick Hill of the Bunyip State forest taken from a property on the Labertouche North Road.

Photo taken by Chris Roche of bushfires at Narre Warren North, Harkaway.

A bushfire burns in the Bunyip State Forest near the township of Tonimbuk. Picture: AAP/Andrew Brownbill

Fires at Drouin West, main Neerim Road. Picture: Andrew Bukolt

Photo taken by Chris Roche of bushfires at Narre Warren North, Harkaway.

Photo taken by Jake Valance of the Kinglake fire.

Photo taken by Jake Valance of the Kinglake fire.

A fire at the corner of Sth Gippsland Hwy and Evans road, Lynbrook on Saturday afternoon. Picture: Naomi Allen

Photo taken by Jamie Liddle of the fire behind the Wandong General Store.

Photo taken by Jake Valance of the Kinglake

Photo taken by Jake Valance of the Kinglake fire.

The remains of a house burns near Kinglake West after a bushfire decimated the area. Picture: Stuart McEvoy

Photo taken by Daniel Cleaveley at Steels Creek.

Brian Kelly fights the fires overnight with his family and friends to save his Kilmore East property. Picture: Nicole Garmston

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A fire in the La Trobe Valley, near Churchill, continues to burn threatening houses in the area. Aaron Van Der Steen hoses down spot fires at Shane Chapman's house at Thompson Road, Hazelwood South. Picture: Stuart McEvoy

CFA fire fighter from the Gapsted crew moves into position fighting a scrub fire on property off Blacks Flat Road near Beechworth. Picture: David Caird

A CFA firefighter walks towards the roaring flames defending a property near the Pinnacles on Blacks Flat Road in the Mudgeegonga region. Picture: David Caird

Flames roar behind a CFA truck as fire fighters defend a property near the Pinnacles on Blacks Flat Road in the Mudgeegonga region. Picture: David Caird

Strong winds set in with the cool change at Drouin, driving the fire very close to residential areas. Picture: Tim Carrafa

A CFA firefighter walks towards the roaring flames defending a property near the Pinnacles on Blacks Flat Road in the Mudgeegonga region. Picture: David Caird

Firefighters work to contain a fire near the Dandenong Bypass in Keysborough. Picture: Rudy Chitty

Photo take by Luke Corstorphin of the smoke over Warragul and a helicopter taking water from the Warragul Golf Course dam.

The Erickson Air Crane drops water on bushfire in the Bunyip State Park. Picture: Peter Ward

Photo taken by Chris Roche of bushfires at Narre Warren North, Harkaway.

Photo taken by Chris Roche of bushfires at Narre Warren North, Harkaway.

Photo taken by Chris Roche of bushfires at Narre Warren North, Harkaway.

Photo taken by Chris Roche of bushfires at Narre Warren North, Harkaway

Photo taken by Chris Roche of bushfires at Narre Warren North, Harkaway.

Photo taken by Chris Roche of bushfires at Narre Warren North, Harkaway.

Fire at Dandenong Bypass in Keysborough which threatened factories and closed EastLink. Picture: Rudy Chitty

A fire threatens a factory near the Dandenong Bypass in Keysborough. Picture: Rudy Chitty

CFA black out areas that have been affected by the fires that were burning in Stanley, approximately 15 km from Beechworth. Picture: Renee Nowytarger

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Healesville is still on bushfire alert as fires are burning on the hills surrounding the town. Picture: Ellen Smith

Aaron Robertson from the Kinglake CFA stands in the ruins of his house. He was down in St Andrews fighting fires when Kinglake was hit. He and the crew that he was with saved a number of houses in St Andrews. Picture: Jon Hargest

CFA firefighters prepare for another day at the fires. Picture: Norm Oorloff

CFA crews blacking out in the Melbourne Water catchment areas on Maroondah Highway, just out of Healesville. Picture: Ellen Smith

A red and white tape around the letterbox means this house at Flowedale has been searched for victims of the fire. Picture: David Crosling

Sam the Koala has been bandaged up after suffering in bush fires near Mirboo North in Gippsland. Picture: Rebecca Michael.

CFA volunteer David Tree helps a distressed koala in burnt-out forest at Mirboo North. Pic: Russell Vickery

Photo taken by Chris Roche of bushfires at Narre Warren North, Harkaway.

Photo taken by Chris Roche of bushfires at Narre Warren North, Harkaway.

Horses look for food on the blackened ground in the Mudgeegonga region. Picture: David Caird

Mittons Bridge Road, St Andrews. Picture: Craig Borrow

This is the first time in 30 years properties in the Healesville area have burned down. Little remains of Ainsworth Avenue, Chum Creek. Picture: Ellen Smith

Trees, looking like burnt matches, show the fury of the fire. Picture: Mark Smith

A burnt out car sits beside a blackened twisted tree on a destroyed property on Myrtleford-Yackandandah Rd. Picture: David Caird

The devastated township of Kinglake. Picture: Mark Smith/ Courtesy of Channel 10 helicopter

Burnt out houses in Kinglake. Picture: Jon Hargest

The aftermath at Strathewen. Picture: Nicki Connolly

Peter Byrne stands in the ruins of Flowerdale where most of the town has burned down. Picture: David Crosling

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Kinglake resident Peter Meegan looks through what little remains of Middle Kinglake Primary School. It iwas completely destroyed. Only an equipment shed stands. Picture: Jon Hargest

A huge building in Marysville reduced to rubble by the bushfire. Picture: Mark Smith/ Courtesy of Channel 10 helicopter

The remains of a property after bushfires fires tore through Yarra Glen. Picture: Rebecca Michael

The remains of a burnt Australian flag still flies by a thread. Picture: David Caird