Australian brush fires threaten ...   Dec 09, 2006 11:12:08

Firefighters in the southern Australian state of Victoria were working Saturday to contain about 20 major fires that threatened to merge into one massive blaze. The fires have burned at least 180,000 hectares of drought-stricken farmland and forest.There are concerns they could soon merge, sparking fears of a scenario similar to that in 1939, when the Black Friday fires stretched from Alpin... Read More