The number of victims of fires in Australia more than 170 people.

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According to the Australian TV Channel 9 News Australia, taking into account the missing, the total number of dead could exceed 200 people.

Stronger than the other injuries from fires in Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. Only one Victorian fire destroyed 750 homes.

The size of the material damage has yet to assess. For its part, the authorities said that fires are not the only consequence of the unprecedented heat wave, but in some cases also due to arson.

The Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Ruddy blamed arsonists for the massacres, and promised to punish those responsible. Forest fires in February 2009 were the highest in the country's history.