A bushfire burns in the Bunyip Sate Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, Victoria, Australia 07 February 2009. Authorities have issued urgent fire warnings to towns near a bushfire burning out of control east of Melbourne. EPA/ANDREW BROWNBILL
A Country Fire Authority (CFA) firefighter has a drink as he takes a break while fighting a bushfire at the Bunyip Sate Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, Victoria, Australia 07 February 2009. Authorities have issued urgent fire warnings to towns near a bushfire burning out of control east of Melbourne. EPA/ANDREW BROWNBILL
A Country Fire Authority (CFA) fire truck is pictured in front of flames while fighting a bushfire at the Bunyip Sate Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, Victoria, Australia 07 February 2009. Authorities have issued urgent fire warnings to towns near a bushfire burning out of control east of Melbourne. EPA/ANDREW BROWNBILL
Smoke and flames rise from a bushfire in the Bunyip State Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, Victoria, Australia 07 February 2009. Authorities have issued urgent fire warnings to towns near a bushfire burning out of control east of Melbourne. EPA/ANDREW BROWNBILL
Smoke and flames rise from a bushfire in the Bunyip State Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, Victoria, Australia 07 February 2009. Authorities have issued urgent fire warnings to towns near a bushfire burning out of control east of Melbourne. EPA/ANDREW BROWNBILL
Country Fire Authority (CFA) firefighters battle a fire at the Bunyip State Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, Victoria, Australia 07 February 2009. Authorities have issued urgent fire warnings to towns near a bushfire burning out of control east of Melbourne. EPA/ANDREW BROWNBILL
Bushfire flames shoot up over trees in the Bunyip State Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, Victoria, Australia 07 February 2009. The 150 hectare bushfire breached containment lines much sooner than expected and is racing through difficult terrain several kilometres north of Tonimbuk. EPA/SIMON MOSSMAN
A picture made available on 08 February 2009 shows a wall of flames incinerate a clump of trees at the Bunyip Ridge bushfire, near Tonimbuk, on 07 February 2009. The 25,000-hectare blaze in the Bunyip State Park and Forest was still burning out of control on 07 February 2008. EPA/SIMON MOSSMAN
Tara Robertson inspects the remains of her home, destroyed by bushfires in Union Street, Bendigo, 08 February 2009. More than 50 homes were destroyed in the Bendigo area this weekend, while fires across Victoria have claimed at least 35 lives. EPA/CATHERINE BEST
The fire damaged property of Bendigo grandmother, Olga Tuckerman in Bendigo, 8 February 2009. More than 50 homes were destroyed in the Bendigo area while fires across Victoria have claimed at least 35 lives. EPA/CATHERINE BEST OUT
A Country Fire Authority (CFA) fire fighter puts out flames of a tree near the township of King Lake, east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 08 February 2009. Bushfires in Victoria have claimed at least 35 lives. EPA/ANDREW BROWNBILL
Country Fire Authority (CFA) fire fighters put out flames of a tree near the township of King Lake, east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 08 February 2009. Bushfires in Victoria have claimed at least 35 lives. EPA/ANDREW BROWNBILL
Victoria Police Commissioner, Christine Nixon (L), Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (C) and Premier of Victoria, John Brumby (R), after giving a press conference at the Eltham Emergency operation Centre at Kangaroo Ground, east of Melbourne, 08 February 2009. Bushfires in Victoria have claimed at least 35 lives. EPA/ANDREW BROWNBILL
Country Fire Authority (CFA) firefighter signals to colleagues as he fights a bushfire in the Bunyip State Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, Victoria, Australia 07 February 2009. The 150 hectare bushfire breached containment lines much sooner than expected and is racing through difficult terrain several kilometres north of Tonimbuk. EPA/ANDREW BROWNBILL
A picture made available on 08 February 2009 shows walls of flames roaring down a ridge and within seconds incinerate clumps of trees in the Bunyip Ridge bushfire, near Tonimbuk, on 07 February 2009. The 25,000-hectare blaze in the Bunyip State Park and Forest was still burning out of control on 07 February 2008. EPA/SIMON MOSSMAN
A picture made available on 08 February 2009 shows firefighters on a tanker pass a wall of fire incinerating a clump of trees at the Bunyip Ridge bushfire, near Tonimbuk, on 07 February 2009. The 25,000-hectare blaze in the Bunyip State Park and Forest was still burning out of control on 07 February 2008. EPA/SIMON MOSSMAN
A burnt out house and car at the township of King Lake, north east of Melbourne, on 08 February 2009. Bushfires across Victoria have claimed at least 65 lives and destroyed more than 640 homes and 300,000 hectares. EPA/ANDREW BROWNBILL
A burnt out house and car at the township of King Lake, north east of Melbourne, on 08 February 2009. Bushfires across Victoria have claimed at least 65 lives and destroyed more than 640 homes and 300,000 hectares. EPA/ANDREW BROWNBILL
A Country Fire Authority volunteer serves himself to a meal at the Alexandra Staging Ground after a 12 hour shift fighting the Kilmore East fire, Alexandra, in north-central Victoria, Australia, on 08 February 2009. At least 76 people have died and over 100 homes have been destroyed in the worst fires since Ash Wednesday in 1983. EPA/RAOUL WEGAT
Country Fire Authority volunteers return to the Alexandra Staging Ground from a 12 hour shift fighting the Kilmore East fire, Alexandra, in north-central Victoria, Australia, on 08 February 2009. At least 76 people have died and over 100 homes have been destroyed in the worst fires since Ash Wednesday in 1983. EPA/RAOUL WEGAT
The sun partly hidden behind clouds and smoke over the Alexandra Staging Grounds, Alexandra, north-central Victoria, Australia, on 08 February 2009. At least 76 people have died and over 100 homes have been destroyed in the worst fires since Ash Wednesday in 1983. EPA/RAOUL WEGAT
