Burning bush
Wildfire claims four victims
Sydney — Four people died in one of a series of wildfires sparked by lightning in Western Australia, police said on November 17, in a deadly start to the country’s summer bushfire season. Western Australia police said the deaths occurred in a fire near southwestern Esperance.
The blaze is one of three major fires burning in the state since Sunday. “There was an inland trough that brought hot, dry and windy conditions,” said Darryl Vink, forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology. — Reuters