Australia's peak insurance body has declared the bushfire that continues to burn out of control in South Australia's mid-north a catastrophe.
The Insurance Council of Australia has established a taskforce, activated its disaster hotline and deployed staff to deal with the fallout from Wednesday's blaze, which burnt 85,000 hectares - much of it cropping land - and destroyed at least 16 homes.
The ICA is urging people who have suffered losses in the fire to contact their insurer immediately.
*Disaster hotline: 1800 734 621
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