Over 1,000 residents and vacationers who had been stranded on a beach by bushfires in southeastern Australia landed near Melbourne on Saturday after a 20-hour journey on two ships, relieved to escape terrifying smoke and fire.

'I will never go back': Traumatised bushfire evacuees land in Melbourne

Tourists have been given 48 hours to evacuate as the government called in the military to help in rescue operations.

Australia bushfires: Over 4,000 people trapped in Mallacoota beaches

New South Wales police declared "tourist leave zone" ahead of dangerous fire conditions in the region as the death toll in the Australia bushfires rose to eighteen.

Smoke in Australia bushfire 'larger than area of EU', says scientist

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