Victoria Police chief commissioner Christine Nixon warned the public to prepare for news of more deaths. ”I still think that we do have more to find, and that will be because we are getting into different areas that were previously too hot for us to go there," she told Melbourne radio. ”Now the CFA and Victoria Police are going there and, of course, finding people in those locations."
Firefighters continued to battle fires this morning, with the town of Stanley near Beechworth potentially under threat. . Victoria Police had confirmed 108 people dead, including four children in one house, while the CFA said more than 100 people were still unaccounted for.
Up to 700 homes and 340,000ha of land were destroyed. More than 3730 people had registered with the Red Cross as having left their properties and the total homeless figure is expected to be much higher. (Courtesy: Australian News)
