Australian Wildfires Burn 860,000 Acres, Expected to Burn for Weeks

One of the largest of Australia's wildfires has destroyed multiple properties, vineyards and agricultural land in Victoria, with more than 30 different fires still burning across the state on Sunday. Police said human remains were found by a vehicle near the town of Longwood. The victim had not yet been identified. Here's Harcourt County Fire Authority Captain Andrew Wilson. It's gut-wrenching. It's destroyed Harcourt. Hopefully we come out of this bigger and But the fires have already torn through more than 860,000 acres of bushland in Victoria since the middle of the week, destroying more than 300 buildings, including homes, and leaving thousands without power. Here's local resident Noel Brown. I was extremely lucky. There's a lot worse off than I was. It's terrible, terrible to see. You just don't realise how bad it is until you're in the middle of it. Several fires in neighbouring New South Wales, which includes Sydney, were burning at the highest danger rating. Fire authorities are saying some fires will likely take weeks to control. Authorities have said the fires are the worst to hit the south-east since the Black Summer blazes of 2019-20 that destroyed an area the size of Turkey and killed 33 people. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the federal government would offer emergency funding to bushfire-hit residents as well as to farmers.