An major bushfire in western Australia has destroyed nearly 100 homes and left three people missing.The enormous blaze tore through the small rural town of Yarloop, which is south of Perth, last night.Officials say the town’s post office, shops and fire station were all destroyed.”I believe we’ve had what I would suggest are catastrophic losses within Yarloop,” said Wayne Gregson, Western Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner.The bushfire, which had already razed 53,000 hectares (130,965 acres) of land this week, ripped through Yarloop on Thursday night, population just 545, fanned by blustery hot winds.Around 95 homes were destroyed, along with the post office, shops and the town’s fire station, said local media.”It just got out of control…after that it just ripped through, it was quite scary,” volunteer firefighter Jesse Puccio told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. “It’s like when you see in the war when the napalm bombers go through.”The bushfire continues to threaten other beef producing Western Australian towns, emergency workers said. - See more at:
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