Deadly Wildfires Devastate Australia

Australia, Fires
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Heat Wave
Vehicles and a barn burn close to Labertouche, west of Melbourne, on February 7, as more than 40 blazes raged across two Australian states in a heatwave that pushed the mercury as high as 115 Fahrenheit.

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