Flames rip through towns, fears death toll will rise as bushfires rage on | ABC News

As the year, and the decade, come to an end, the country is burning. It's been labelled the “worst fire season ever“ recorded - an “apocalypse“, a “nightmare“, like looking into the “gates of hell“. From the New South Wales/Victoria border, all the way to the Central Coast, nine blazes reached emergency warning level today.