Australia destroyed by fire Faced with fire walls ablaze heaven and earth in Australia, firefighters fought tirelessly Thursday against bush fires before the planned return of the heat wave that could complicate their task, some 130 claims have already taken in almost a week a heavy toll of homes, crops and livestock. Respondents were fires raging throughout the country, particularly in the east and south, around Sydney and Canberra, burdened with temperatures above 40 ° C. Visible from space, they destroyed hundreds of homes on the island of Tasmania usually spared, but only a handful in other states. (With AFP)