Eight dead in Australia fire

At least eight people were killed yesterday as a bushfire burned out of control across a southern Australia peninsula, seven were missing and six more were rescued after they escaped into the sea. Australia's deadliest bushfire in more than 20 years...

At least eight people were killed yesterday as a bushfire burned out of control across a southern Australia peninsula, seven were missing and six more were rescued after they escaped into the sea.

Australia's deadliest bushfire in more than 20 years was burning in scrubland and across rural properties across the Eyre peninsula, about 250 km west of the South Australian state capital Adelaide, and several homes had been destroyed.

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