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Scenes from the wildfires currently burning through southeast Australia

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In this Jan. 4, 2013, photo provided by the Holmes family, Tammy Holmes, second from left, and her grandchildren, left to right, two-year-old Charlotte Walker, four-year-old Esther Walker, nine-year-old Liam Walker, eleven-year-old Matilda, and six-year-old Caleb Walker take refuge under a jetty as a wildfire rages near-by in the Tasmanian town of Dunalley. AP
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The Holmes family, Tammy Holmes and her grandchildren take refuge under a jetty as a wildfire rages nearby in the Tasmanian town of Dunalley, Australia. AP
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In this Jan. 4, 2013, photo provided by the Holmes family the Walker siblings six-year-old Caleb, left, four-year-old Esther, second from left, eleven-year-old Matilda, holding two-year-old Charlotte, second from right, and nine-year-old Liam, right, prepare to enter the water to take refuge with their grandparents under a jetty as a wildfire rages nearby. AP
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In this Jan. 4, 2013, photo provided by the Holmes family, the Walker siblings six-year-old Caleb, left, four-year-old Esther, second from left, nine-year-old Liam, and eleven-year-old Matilda, right, holding two-year-old Charlotte, prepare to enter the water to take refuge with their grandparents under a jetty as a wildfire rages nearby. AP
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A building burns near a jetty where Tim and Tammy Holmes attempt to shelter their five grandchildren as a wildfire rages nearby. AP
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A wildfire near Deans Gap, Australia, crosses the Princes Highway Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. AP
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A view of Dunalley after a wildfire destroyed around 80 buildings in and around the small town, east of the Tasmanian capital of Hobart, Australia, on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. AP
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Homes destroyed by a wildfire near Boomer Bay, in southern Australia, on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. AP
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Westpac Police rescue helicopter crewman Sgt. Matthew Drumm surveys the fire near Dunalley, east of the Tasmanian capital of Hobart, Australia, on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. AP
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A view of Boomer Bay after wildfires raged across southern Australia, on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. AP
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Plumes of smoke rise from a fire near Sussex Inlet, Australia. AP