Scores of wildfires raging across southeast Australia in dry and windy summer conditions on Sunday destroyed homes and injured a firefighter, reports The Associated Press.
Victoria state Fire Service Commissioner Craig Lapsley said 37 fires were burning out of control across the state, threatening rural towns and the fringes of Australia’s second largest city, Melbourne.
Homes were lost in Victoria, but authorities had yet to assess the numbers, Country Fire Authority spokeswoman Anushia Sivanesan said.
Lapsley said at least one firefighter was injured. The firefighter was hit by a falling tree and received medical treatment.
According to Lapsley, the fire conditions were at their worst since 2009, when wildfires killed 173 people and destroyed more than 2,000 homes in Victoria in little more than a single day in February.
Strong winds were fanning flames and prevented water bombing aircraft from flying, he said.
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