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My heart goes out to our friends in Australia. We know how sad it is when we read about the forest fires in California. I just needed to say that I am thinking of them.

My friend there writes "Whole communities have been wiped out and so many perished. They had no warning. The fire came so quickly and just engulfed everything in its path. I think the worse thing is that it was deliberately lit. Everyone is calling it murder, a mass murder. The latest death toll is now 181 and there are still 30 fires burning. Anyone wishing to make a donation can go to www.redcross.org.au/ "

Victoria State Premier John Brumby said: "We have had whole communities just completely wiped out, completely obliterated, by what people would describe as literally a fireball that just came over the hills and devoured everything before them."

"It's the largest natural disaster in our state's history and Australia's history."