This February 9, 2009 NASA handout satellite image shows bushfires in southeast Australia. Firefighters battled Tuesday to save Australian communities threatened by searing wildfires that have already claimed 181 lives, a toll that is expected to rise.(AFP/NASA) 
Firefighters battle to hold the containment lines to prevent a bushfire in the Kiewa Valley from reaching the town of Dederang in the Victoria Alps. At least 181 people have been killed and entire towns razed as wildfires raged across southeastern Australia during the once-in-a-century heatwave.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)The state of Victoria is in the midst of a national emergency with devastating bush fires that have already taken the lives of 131 people. With the death toll expected to rise to over 200, these ravage bush fires are being called the worst in Australian history. Communities are banding together to help one another with the enormous loss they have suffered.
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More than 800-thousand acres of mostly bushland here in Victoria has been burned to the ground.
The wall of fire has been traveling at over 100 km an hour reaching over 13 meters high.
Following Victorias intense heat wave over the past two weeks, the fire came ablaze on the afternoon of Saturday the 7th. The blaze tore through several rural towns about an hour away from the outskirts of the city of Melbourne. With southerly winds pushing it forward, many residents who thought they were safe, had no time to react to the incoming inferno.
Many people died in their cars trying to flee and others were killed huddled in their homes, yet some escaped by taking cover in swimming pools or hiding in their homes cellar.
One man was nearly at a loss for words after he lost his two children in the blaze.
"I lost two kids, mate, and nothing will bring them back."
As dawn broke in the town of Whittlesea, where most people died, shocked residents wandered the streets, some crying, searching for loved ones still missing.
"They come that quick that people got stuck, people got trapped and unfortunately we've lost some lives."
More than 750 homes were destroyed and some 78 people, with serious burns and injuries, are in the hospital.
Police believe some of the fires were deliberately lit.
[Christine Nixon, Victorian Police Commissioner]: "We're not sure how many fires have been deliberately lit. We do believe there have been some and at this stage in Gippsland, we believe there certainly has been an arsonist."
Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd toured the region Monday to offer support to victims.
He says it will take years to rebuild.
[Kevin Rudd, Australian Prime Minister]: "It will take a long time. We intend to be there for the duration."
The wall of fire has been traveling at over 100 km an hour reaching over 13 meters high.
Following Victorias intense heat wave over the past two weeks, the fire came ablaze on the afternoon of Saturday the 7th. The blaze tore through several rural towns about an hour away from the outskirts of the city of Melbourne. With southerly winds pushing it forward, many residents who thought they were safe, had no time to react to the incoming inferno.
Many people died in their cars trying to flee and others were killed huddled in their homes, yet some escaped by taking cover in swimming pools or hiding in their homes cellar.
One man was nearly at a loss for words after he lost his two children in the blaze.
"I lost two kids, mate, and nothing will bring them back."
As dawn broke in the town of Whittlesea, where most people died, shocked residents wandered the streets, some crying, searching for loved ones still missing.
"They come that quick that people got stuck, people got trapped and unfortunately we've lost some lives."
More than 750 homes were destroyed and some 78 people, with serious burns and injuries, are in the hospital.
Police believe some of the fires were deliberately lit.
[Christine Nixon, Victorian Police Commissioner]: "We're not sure how many fires have been deliberately lit. We do believe there have been some and at this stage in Gippsland, we believe there certainly has been an arsonist."
Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd toured the region Monday to offer support to victims.
He says it will take years to rebuild.
[Kevin Rudd, Australian Prime Minister]: "It will take a long time. We intend to be there for the duration."
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