Victorian Farm Surrounded by Catastrophic Bushfires 🚒

Jane Homewood and her son Jack evacuated their farm in the town of Ruffy, about 175km north of Melbourne, as a bushfire closed in on their property on Thursday.
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The out-of-control blaze has destroyed multiple homes and community buildings in and around the township, with three people still unaccounted for

Three people missing and multiple properties destroyed as bushfire hits Victorian town ‘like a bomb ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/09/ten-properties-in-ruffy-destroyed-including-firefighters-home-as-fire-hits-victorian-town-like-a-bomb

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