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{"source_url": "https://web.archive.org", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200102093006id_/https://i.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/118563317/seventeen-missing-one-dead-after-destructive-bushfires-in-victoria-australia", "title": "Seventeen missing, one dead after destructive bushfires in Victoria, Australia", "top_image": "https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/y/l/8/6/p/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.1420x800.1yl81h.png/1577934972447.jpg", "meta_img": "https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/y/l/8/6/p/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.1420x800.1yl81h.png/1577934972447.jpg", "images": ["https://secure-nz.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=nz-stuff&cg=0&cc=1&ts=noscript", "https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/y/l/8/6/p/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.1420x800.1yl81h.png/1577934972447.jpg"], "movies": [], "text": "There are grave fears for 17 people missing in Victoria's massive, deadly East Gippsland bushfires.\n\nVictorian Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters on Thursday none of the 17 people missing in the region are emergency services personnel.\n\nThe increased number comes after family members confirmed Buchan man Mick Roberts had died at his home.\n\n\"There are at least 17 people that at this stage we cannot account for. Their whereabouts are unknown to us, plus there is one person confirmed as deceased,\" Andrews told reporters at Bairnsdale.\n\n\"Whilst Victoria Police have not been through the official identification processes, it is clear that the Roberts family have identified Mr Roberts and we send our condolences to their family and the Buchan community to whom he was so well-known and very highly regarded.\"\n\nREAD MORE:\n\n* Naval ship arrives at Mallacoota to evacuate people as bushfires cut off town\n\n* Lives lost, homes destroyed as deadly bushfires rage in Australia\n\n* Naval ships, aircraft ready for Australia bushfire rescues as thousands jump in water to flee flames\n\n* 'Out of control': Volunteer firefighters in Australia demand income support, equipment\n\nAndrews did not narrow down what communities of East Gippsland the missing people are from.\n\n\"It may be some of those people are safe but we hold very significant fears for the welfare of anybody who is missing at this time,\" he said.\n\nAP In this image made from video, an aerial scene shows fires burning and smoke rising close to properties in Bundoora, Victoria, on Monday. The fires are expected to last for weeks.\n\nThe military has arrived to get fire victims across the region relief and resources, and also off the beach at Mallacoota.\n\nAbout 24 communities are isolated and reaching them to deliver supplies have been difficult.\n\nAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the federal government was offering any assistance requested.\n\n\"Our task has been to fully support and provide whatever assistance is necessary through all the various agencies of the Commonwealth,\" he told reporters in Sydney.\n\nAP Bushfires are raging across Australia, with at least 16 people killed across the country since they began.\n\n\"The provision of disaster payments that have now exceeded some more than A$21 million in New South Wales alone and we expect more of that to continue in Victoria as the full devastation of the fires there becomes more evident.\"\n\nAll fires in Victoria are currently sitting no higher than a watch and act alert, but smoky conditions have meant flights to rescue people, deliver supplies and swap out firefighters have at times been stopped.\n\nFirefighters are being helped on Thursday by moderate conditions, with temperatures in East Gippsland in the low to mid 20s expected to be paired with fairly light winds of up to 20 kmh.\n\nAP An aerial scene shows destroyed properties after a wildfire in East Grippsland, Victoria, on Wednesday. Australia deployed military ships and aircraft to help communities ravaged by the fires.\n\nBut the mercury is forecast to creep up in the region on Friday, before reaching the 40s on Saturday, when the heat, hot winds and possible thunderstorms will increase the risk of new fires.\n\nPeople near the Corryong fire in Victoria's northeast near the NSW border are being doorknocked and told to get out of the region before the weekend.", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": [""], "tags": [], "authors": ["Kaitlyn Offer", "Caroline Schelle"], "publish_date": null, "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "Officials in Victoria, Australia, fear for 17 people missing after bushfires hit the region, leaving one person dead.", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "/sics-assets/images/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0", "robots": "noarchive", "format-detection": "telephone=no", "fb": {"app_id": 207633159308175, "pages": 21253884267}, "verify-v1": "RazNiYjuvNuEsMeFXxfR9l9cDZIKxcq2VjQZA25CHgM=", "msapplication-config": "/sics-assets/images/favicons/browserconfig.xml", "theme-color": "#ffffff", "description": "Officials in Victoria, Australia, fear for 17 people missing after bushfires hit the region, leaving one person dead.", "source": "AAP", "og": {"description": "Officials in Victoria, Australia, fear for 17 people missing after bushfires hit the region, leaving one person dead.", "title": "Seventeen missing, one dead after destructive bushfires in Victoria, Australia", "url": "https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/118563317/seventeen-missing-one-dead-after-destructive-bushfires-in-victoria-australia", "type": "article", "image": "https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/y/l/8/6/p/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.1420x800.1yl81h.png/1577934972447.jpg", "keywords": "RESCUE, have, New South Wales, australian, no, one, Hot, Commonwealth, NSW, This, people, expect, DISASTER, VICTORIA, EMERGENCY SERVICES, more, flights, Who, SOUTH, family, POLICE, Grave, Minister, prime minister, HEAT, Community, Man, FIRE, may, EMERGENCY, Weekend, forecast, Border, BEACH, New, SYDNEY, Prime, HOME, Communities, WELFARE, Alert, MILITARY, WALES, GOVERNMENT, DIED, MISSING", "site_name": "Stuff"}}, "canonical_link": "https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/118563317/seventeen-missing-one-dead-after-destructive-bushfires-in-victoria-australia"} |
