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Published January 12, 2013 at 492 × 298 in Once temperate Tasmania falls victim to devastating bushfires

Houses destroyed by fire in Dunalley, about 40km east of Hobart, in Australia's island state of Tasmania. Photograph: Reuters

Houses destroyed by fire in Dunalley, about 40km east of Hobart, in Australia’s island state of Tasmania. Photograph: Reuters