Up to 400 fires raged around the southern city of Melbourne, where embers rode on furnace-like winds pushing the front forwards, devouring hundreds of homes and vast areas of forest and farmlands.

• 在南部城市墨尔本，发生了多达400场火灾，余火伴随着熔炉似的大风向前推进，吞噬了成千上百的住房和大量的森林以及农田。