Word from the Fire Front
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 11:25am ET
In the past week, devastating fires have taken lives in Yarra Valley and central Victoria. Known to most of us as idyllic wine regions, these parts of Australia are not unfamiliar with bushfires. Australian eucalyptus trees burn hot and fast, much faster than the pines and firs in our western forests that go ablaze virtually every summer.
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