Bushfires

[TroyGFC]

Just watching c7 news, geez what devestation. I echo SJABC's comments- Burn these scumbag arsonist at a stake!!

[A Mum]

I just read on the online news.

65 confirmed dead and counting.

That's just horrific

[TroyGFC]

In comparison how many life's were lost in Ash Wednesday? Is this the biggest fatally bush fire recorded in Australia History?

[Thiele]

They are saying this worse than Ash Wednesday

[hearts on fire]

IF they catch these bastards, they should be slowly burnt in a horrific, painful and traumatic fire. But they shouldn't die, burn them so they are almost dead, then let them live normal day life.

[bayman]

should arsonists like this that KILL PEOPLE be labelled in the same class as serial killers ? i think they should be

[overloaded]

best wishes go out to all affected. i will donate tommorow

[LaughingKookaburra]

Think you may find this is the single biggest disaster ever to happen to Australia. Even the Bali bombings did'nt have this fatality rate to Australians. Words really can not describe how I and i'm sure others feel......

[Dirko]

In comparison how many life's were lost in Ash Wednesday? Is this the biggest fatally bush fire recorded in Australia History?

75 people lost their lives in Ash Wednesday. 47 in Victoria & 28 in SA.

These fires are similar i.e hot & windy, and a wind change to fan the flames into another direction....

Here's the Ash Wednesday info on wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday_fires

[Psyber]

Vic. tally has officially hit 65 dead, and more bodies are expected to turn up in the rubble.

[Mr66]

65 confirmed, but reliable speculation on the news says it looks like triple figures may be the toll this time tomorrow.

[Mr66]

John Gatfield on Skynews has just said that he has heard arumour of 112 dead.

[the big bang]

Think you may find this is the single biggest disaster ever to happen to Australia. Even the Bali bombings did'nt have this fatality rate to Australians. Words really can not describe how I and i'm sure others feel......

pretty sure there was 88 Australian deaths in the bali bombings.

[FattyLumpkin]

Can recall from Ash Wednesday in'83 - a guy from SE Sth Oz lost his wife & 4 kids in the fire. How do you cope with that?

[bayman]

grave concerns for former ch 9 victorian newsreader brian nalor (hope i spelt it correctly) in the fires, his wifes body has been discovered

[dinglinga]

it has been reported that brian naylor ( former ch9 news reader ) is missing and they have found his wife dead from the fires

[Mr66]

grave concerns for former ch 9 victorian newsreader brian nalor (hope i spelt it correctly) in the fires, his wifes body has been discovered

Its Naylor bayman.
We know who you are talking about. Naylor read the news on 7 then 9 for at least 20 years.
Melbourne's version of Walter Kronkite

[A Mum]

Just heard that as well.
They also said he has a 'large' family.
I hope that the family has been notified before they 'blurted' it out all over the news.

[heater31]

In comparison how many life's were lost in Ash Wednesday? Is this the biggest fatally bush fire recorded in Australia History?

75 people lost their lives in Ash Wednesday. 47 in Victoria & 28 in SA.

These fires are similar i.e hot & windy, and a wind change to fan the flames into another direction....

Here's the Ash Wednesday info on wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday_fires

I am currently writing a university thesis on Bushfires. Ash Wednesday also had a prolonged drought leading up to the event in 82/83. Statistics show that You can expect a major event every 20 to 30 years.

[magpie in the 80's]

it has been reported that brian naylor ( former ch9 news reader ) is missing and they have found his wife dead from the fires

they lost their son mathew in a plane accident 8 months ago