Four unaccounted for in Victoria after East Gippsland fires claim homes in Buchan, Sarsfield and Mallacoota, and reports of up to 50 properties lost in Conjola Park in New South Wales. Follow live news and latest updates
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10.53pm GMT
On the ABC, Victorian man Myles Nicholls is speaking from the ruins of his house at Sarsfield, which was razed in the East Gippsland fires.
“The house doesn’t come above my ankles,” he says. “It is totally destroyed.”
10.49pm GMT
Guardian Australia photographer Mike Bowers has been on the road as the fires have ravaged New South Wales. Last night he snapped this beautiful shot south of Nowra as the Currowan fire approached.
That fire, which is 229,000ha, is currently at a watch and act.
