Australia fires worsen

Scores of fires are continuing to burn out of control across Australia amid a heatwave that has seen temperatures exceed forty degrees centigrade in every state.

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(Photo: The remains of a car that was destroyed by bushfires in Balmoral, New South Wales. Credit: Getty Images)