Police in Australia fear Tasmania wildfires deaths (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

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Published time: January 06, 2013 04:03
Edited time: January 06, 2013 23:19

This aerial photograph taken on January 5, 2013 shows the devastated town of Dunalley after bush fires swept through the area. (AFP Photo/Pool/Chris Kidd)

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Police believe missing people may be dead as a result of bush-fires which have swept across southern Tasmania, destroying dozens of houses and forcing over 1,000 people to flee.

There are no confirmed deaths yet but police are searching for bodies as a number of people remain missing.

"I am fearful that someone may have died in this fire… it is a very distinct possibility still and I think people need to brace themselves that that may occur,"acting Tasmania police commissioner ScottTilyard told reporters, saying there were grave fears in a "handful" of cases.

More than 1000 people had been evacuated to the state capital Hobart by early Sunday morning. Hundreds more have sought refuge with relatives.

The island is experiencing a heatwave with temperatures in Hobart hitting a high of 41C.The threat level of the bushfire has been downgraded to ‘watch and act’, but the blaze is still not under control as it sprints through the island.

Over 100 houses have been destroyed. Around 65 homes and a school were burned in the town of Dunalley, while dozens more buildings were razed at Connellys Marsh, Eaglehawk Neck, Murdunna, Copping and Primrose Sands.

Tasmania is an island state, part of the Commonwealth of Australia, located 240 kilometres to the south of the Australian continent.

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Martin J Sallberg (unregistered) 01.02.2013 08:21

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Martin J Sallberg (unregistered) 09.01.2013 06:04

The global warming behind this disaster is caused by irrationality. For advice on how to become rational and stop destroying the environment, see "Moderating the Gaia/Medea debate" and "Brain" on Pure science Wiki, a wiki for the pure scientific method without academic prestige obsession. Pure science Wiki

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Captain ed (unregistered) 06.01.2013 14:51

Yefim Feldman (unregistered) wrote in #9

The Jews run that country. Blaming political parties is as dumb as peoplewho though Romney was different than Obama. Or Obama was any different than Bush.
Like a typical Jew you want to continue keeping the goyim too dumb to see what's happened. That's why you continue to spread what you do.Australia happens to be a country of anglo saxons dumber and more worthless than most.
As long as their money comes in they'll sell their family to get it. Like nggers.

Austr alia is another of the zionist ZATO countries.

That party you mention is run and financed by the jews. It's like the occupy movement.
All jews belong in ovens.

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