Bushfire deaths, town by town

10 Feb 2009, 7:55 am   -   Source: SBS and Victoria Police
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Several people died as they tried to escape from their homes as bushfires closed in

Several people died as they tried to escape from their homes as bushfires closed in

The death toll from Victoria's bushfires has risen to 173, police say. Find the latest toll here.

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The death toll from Victoria's bushfires has risen to 173, police say.

Many fires are still burning across the south east of the state, and though weather conditions have eased, they are still posing a major danger.

Kinglake appears to have been hardest hit, with 35 deaths caused by the massive blaze which tore through the town at the weekend.

Among the dead there were retired newsreader Brian Naylor, 78, and his wife Moiree.

Several children - including brother and sister Mackenzie and Neeve Buchanan- died at another house in the town, alongside their uncle, Danny Clark. The pair's grandmother was seriously hurt.

And the bodies of at least six people were found in the burnt-out wrecks of cars on the Kinglake to Whittlesea Road, near Kinglake West. It is thought they were trying to flee from the flames.

Thirty people died at Strathewen, 15 people in Maryville, eleven people in Callignee and another eight in Narbethong.


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Death toll so far:

St Andrews - 22
Rae Carter, 70s, George Jackson

Kinglake - 35
Mackenzie Buchanan, 15, his sister Neeve Buchanan, nine, Danny Clark, 37, Danny Shepherd, 30, Rob Davey, his wife Tash Davey, and their daughters Joria and Alexis

Wandong - 4
Steve Lackas

Arthurs Creek - 3

Eaglehawk - 1
Kevin Kane, 48

Humevale - 6

Kinglake West - 4
Brian Naylor, 78, and his wife Moiree Naylor

Strathewen - 30
Peter Avola, 67

Callignee - 11

Hazelwood - 4

Jeeralang - 1

Flowerdale - 4

Marysville - 15

Hazeldene - 2

Taggerty - 3

Steels Creek - 7

Mudgeegonga - 2
John Wilson and his wife Sue Wilson

Yarra Glen - 1

Koornalla - 4

Narbethong - 9
Bill Walker, his wife Faye, and their son Geoffrey

Upper Callignee - 1

Location not specified - 2

 


 

 

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