OMG---oz PM Rudd must do somethings--
MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY from
Yarren Green ,the race course,is a suburb of few hundred
houses,
just 8 km from fringe of Melbourne area.
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Fires engulf the town of Yarra Glen Photo: Stuart
Grey
Residents and tourists are stranded in Yarra Glen,
north-east of Melbourne, after fires cut roads going in and out of
town.
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Visitors and locals have herded into the main street as farms,
homes and hotels are evacuated and people are left with nowhere to go.
"The fire's really close, we can see the flames from the middle
of town", said tourist Jacqui Cheng.
"There's hundreds of people, cars are packed full, there are
dogs and people with horse floats, they're all in the street,
they're just wandering
around.
"The fire is on three sides and all the roads are cut."
Temperatures are beginning to cool in the area but firefighters
are expecting little change besides a switch in the fire's
direction.
"We were staying at a local B&B and they (the owners)
started packing up and said `stay put'," she said.
"All of a sudden, the wind started to swirl and we were outta
there."
Yarra Glen is a popular place for weddings and winery tours in
the summer with the nearby Rochford Wines hosting regular rock
concerts.
"Everyone's trapped, people's weddings have been cancelled, some
people have had their ceremony and been evacuated only a short time
later," Ms Cheng said.
The mood in the town is grim as the exhausting heat, fire and
confusion have left some feeling trapped and many residents
concerned for their homes and livelihood.
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what the hell of ADF and other people doing?
Where are the whole Commonwealth is doing?
NATO----NO ACTION JUST TALKING.
I think PM Rudd and his offcials still busy getting
photographers and interviewed.
He has not time to appreciate the urgency of the
fire.Fxxking....
