Residents of dozens of communities in eastern Australia are being urged to leave their homes immediately due to a giant bushfire.
Around 600 firefighters are battling the flames in the Grampians National Park, 240 kilometres west of the city of Melbourne, where bushfires have been raging for more than a week, a spokesman for the emergency services in the state of Victoria said.
Hot weather and winds have caused 550 square kilometers to burn down – around a third of the national park – but so far there have been no reports of deaths or damage to homes.
