Christmas Ruined For Thousands As Bush Fires Gut 100 Homes In Australia

Christmas holidays for thousands of families and individuals who headed out to visit coastal towns have been marred by the outbreak of Australia’s Bush Fires which have wreaked havoc in a Blaze that has gutted 100 Homes.

Christmas day has been a night mare for many families in Australia after 100 homes were ravaged by fire in the Wye River and Separation Creek area in ablaze that has caused the destruction of 2,200 hectares (5,437 acres) so far across the affected area.

Arsonists, careless campers and smokers are generally responsible for most fire outbreaks in Victoria which is highly prone to fire outbreaks in comparison to other places in Auatralia, however this particular blaze is said to have ben started by a lightning strike.

The lightning strike occurred on the 19th of December and was quickly spread by strong winds and intense heat originally but toned down with the turn of the weather to cooler and wet conditions which.

People had to swiftly abandon planned Christmas holiday festivities in the area and evacuate for their own safety after realising the extent of the blaze which was initially thought to be hours away.

It is said that the fire destruction could actually have been worse in warmer drier conditions but the current cool and wet conditions rendered the blaze less disastrous.

The Australia’s Great Ocean Road in Victoria’s south-west which is popular with tourists and holiday goers had hundreds of fire fighters attending to the spreading blaze.

Overall so far at least fife hundred fire fighters, sixty tankers and a total of eighteen aircraft are involved in fighting the blaze twenty four seven in an effort to bring it under control. by Sibusiso Ngwenya.

pic-asiancorrespondent-A water bomber works over a large fire burning throughout Victoria’s Grampians region.