Australia wildfire kills 1, destroys dozens of houses
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SYDNEY
– A wildfire in Australia left one dead and destroyed 49 households in Perth.
A
62-year-old man died after collapsing on the roof of his home in Hovea. Reports
said the victim was believed to be hosing water to protect his house from the
blaze of fire.
Authorities
said that the wildfire started when an electrical post fell and was intensified
by strong wind.
Western
Australia fire and emergency services department said that the damage on said
incident will definitely increase while the assessment continues.
Hundreds
of residents evacuated and according to firefighters, it was hard for them to extinguish
the fire.
Almost
300 firefighters continued to fight the fire that damaged about 350 hectares of
woodlands since Sunday night.
Officials
said it was hard for them to save more houses. Two firefighters were reported
to be in the hospital due to heat exhaustion.
Reports
showed that Perth experienced heat wave this weekend wherein temperature hit to
40 degrees Celsius.