A bush blaze rages during the fight to save the township of Taggety. Credit: GETTY
Fire lights up the night sky in Taggety, near Marysville. Credit: GETTY
Forensics teams search through the burnt out ruins of a house in Marysville, north of Melbourne, Australia. Credit: EPA
A survivor in the deadliest wildfires in Australia's history is consoled by a Country Fire Authority member outside the Healesville Relief Centre. Credit: AP
Rob Bartlett and his four-year-old son Angus after defending their home at Narbethong, 120 kilometres north-east of Melbourne. Mr Bartlett said: "I was watching a wall of fire coming towards us, and then suddenly the wind changed". Credit: AFP/GETTY
Burnt trees overlooking the Steels Creek region. Credit: GETTY
A firefighter rests after fighting to save the township of Taggety from bush fires. Credit: GETTY
Firefighters' gear hangs up at the CFA department in Hurstbridge. Credit: GETTY
A firefighter from the CFA Strike Teams plays with a dog near Taggety. Credit: GETTY
A white horse and two goats are seen in a field burned by bushfires in the town of Flowerdale, 50 miles north of Melbourne. Credit: REUTERS
A koala nicknamed Sam, saved from bushfires, is cared for at the Mountain Ash Wildlife Centre in Rawson, east of Melbourne.... Credit: AP
...Sam made news headlines when he was photographed receiving water from a firefighter after a blaze had scorched his home. Credit: AP
A koala is treated at the Mountain Ash Wildlife Centre in Rawson. Credit: AP
A Ring Tailed Possum saved from the bushfires in Gippsland is cared for at the Southern Ash Wildlife Centre in Rawson, south east of Melbourne. Credit: EPA
A dog gets treated for burns at the Aid Centre in Coldstream. Credit: GETTY
Volunteers feed a joey kangaroo orphaned by the wildfires at the rescue station in Whittlesea, north of Melbourne. Credit: AFP/GETTY
A kangaroo flees the fire in front of a fire engine in the Kiewa Valley. Credit: AFP/GETTY
More than 180 people died in the firestorm but the toll on the region's unique wildlife is believed to be in the millions. A dead kangaroo lies beside a burnt-out section of the Hume Highway near Seymour, north of Melbourne. Credit: AFP/GETTY
A dead horse that was trapped by raging fires lays at the side of the road near the community of Kinglake. Credit: GETTY
A dead wombat lies in a paddock in the aftermath of a bushfire at Steels Creek. Credit: GETTY
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