Wednesday 18 February 2009

Victorian Bushfires - Death Toll stands at 200

A firefighter has been killed in the Victorian bushfires overnight.

The Canberra firefighter died when a tree limb crashed on a fire tanker near the bushfire devastated Victorian town of Marysville, around 7pm last night.
A large tree, crashed on to one of the fire tankers at Cambarville, resulting in an ACT Fire Brigade firefighter confirmed dead.

Eleven new deaths were confirmed by police from the savage Kinglake Complex bushfires last night, raising the death toll to 200.

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