{"id":35485,"date":"2026-01-11T03:04:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=35485"},"modified":"2026-01-11T03:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:04:36","slug":"bushfires-in-aus-cause-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=35485","title":{"rendered":"Bushfires in Aus cause disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Australian authorities declared a state of disaster on Saturday after bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in the country&#8217;s southeast.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures soared past 40C as a heatwave blanketed the state of Victoria this week, with hot winds fanning some of the most dangerous fire weather seen since the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-2020.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most destructive bushfires ripped through almost 150,000 hectares (370,000 acres) near Longwood, a region cloaked in native forests.<\/p>\n<p>Fire crews have started tallying the damage, with early reports of at least 20 houses destroyed in the small town of Ruffy, about two hours&#8217; drive north of state capital Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>State premier Jacinta Allan on Saturday declared a state of disaster, giving fire crews emergency powers to force evacuations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s all about one thing: protecting Victorian lives,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And it sends one clear message: if you have been told to leave, go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Three people, including a child, were missing inside one of the state&#8217;s most dangerous fire grounds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I appreciate there is a lot of concern,&#8221; Allan said.<\/p>\n<p>Although conditions had eased on Saturday morning, more than 30 separate bushfires were still burning.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian authorities declared a state of disaster on Saturday after bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in the country&#8217;s southeast. Temperatures soared past 40C as a heatwave blanketed the state of Victoria this week, with hot winds fanning some of the most dangerous fire weather seen since the Black Summer bushfires of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}