Four killed by wildfires in Western Australia as heatwave heads east

Reuters: Four people have died in one of a series of wildfires sparked by lightening in Western Australia, police said on Wednesday, a deadly start to the country's summer bushfire season. Western Australia police said the deaths occurred in the North Cascade fire near Esperance, in the state's southwest, where some 300,000 hectares have been burned. The blaze is one of three major fires burning in the state since Sunday. "There was an inland trough that brought hot, dry and windy conditions, creating these......

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