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Wed 02 Feb 2009Officials fear 300 may have died as crews still fight Victoria bush fires
AUTHORITIES FEAR that up to 300 people may have died in Australia’s devastating bush fires as emergency workers struggle to control 25 fires still blazing across the state of Victoria.
The official death toll was 181 last night, but scores of people are still missing and presumed dead.
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