Death toll passes 170 in Australian wildfires

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

WHITTLESEA, Australia -- Disaster teams found charred bodies on roadsides and in crashed cars -- signs of attempts to flee raging wildfires fed by 60 mph winds, record heat and drought that caught many Australians by surprise.

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