fri 08 jan 2016, 07:27

Large forest fire in the west of Australia

YARLOOP –

When a large forest fire in the west of Australia, leaving almost a hundred houses were damaged, three people missing hit. They may have fled and have not yet been reported. The inferno tore through a small town in the countryside south of Perth. That made the emergency services Friday known.

A picture of an earlier forest fire in Australia.
Photo: Reuters

The fire at the town of Yarloop was fanned by fierce winds in the warm and dry country. All of 53.000 hectares of land this week by the fire in the forest destroyed by the flames.

The forest fires in the west of Australia is the latest in a series. The fire brigade assumes that the fire Wednesday by lightning is created. The fire is still not under control. Several villages in the vicinity of Yarloop are as a precaution evacuated.