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"We have to stop the bush fires turning into a Europe-wide forest fire, " declares Olli Rehn, the European Union's economics commissioner.

Medical officials said emergency departments across the state had dealt with more than 450 people injured by the bush fires since Saturday.

Several communities are on alert, with residents warned to watch out for embers blowing in from bush fires.

Australian police confirmed on Tuesday that 173 people have died in the bush fires across the state of Victoria.

In Australia, an ad touts a Rotary initiative to help families rebuild after losing homes in bush fires.

Constant attention must be paid to the trees to guard against disease, termites and bush fires.

The cones protect the seeds from granivores and the heat generated by bush fires.

So do you think arsonists or weather is the biggest culprit in Australia's deadly bush fires?

Australians, meanwhile, will need to prepare for a summer of bush fires and poor air quality.

Bush fires in Australia leave high levels of black carbon in the soil for hundreds of years.

Wattle is purpose-built to withstand the country's droughts, winds and bush fires.

In Australia, dingoes and bush fires keep the population in check.

There were massive bush fires in the eastern states of Australia.

Last year, more than a hundred people were killed in bush fires in Australia, following drought and record-breaking heat.