Wildfires burn dozens of homes to the ground in Australia

Fri Oct 18, 2013 11:08:37

Nearly 100 wildfires raged across Australia's most populous state on Friday, killing one person, destroying dozens of houses.

The wildfires also forced hundreds of evacuations in New South Wales State as the nation's annual fire season got off to an unusually early start.

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