Thousands of firefighters battled bushfires in Australias southeast on Saturday that have razed homes, cut power to thousands of homes and burnt swathes of bushland.
The blazes have torn through more than 300,000ha of bushland amid a heatwave in Victoria since the middle of the week, authorities said on Saturday, and 10 major fires were still burning statewide.
In neighbouring New South Wales, several fires close to the Victorian border were burning at emergency level, the highest danger rating, the Rural Fire Service said, as temperatures hit the mid-40sC.
