Australia fires rage out of control on `catastrophic` day
(The Guardian World News)

Army expected to be deployed to help fight more than 100 fires in country´s eastMore than 100 fires are raging across eastern Australia, dozens of them running out of control, but the country has so far escaped its predicted `catastrophic` fire day without further loss of life.At least 170 houses have been razed, but no lives were lost on Tuesday, predicted by fire chiefs to be the most dangerous bushfire conditions the country had ever seen. Continue reading...