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The
wildfires that rage across southern Australia amid record-high
temperatures, sent the Holmes family on Jan. 4 rushing to the safety of a
nearby bay in Tasmania, Australia.
Fast-moving fire takes properties in central Victoria as NSW battles 135 blazesA Narrow Escape from Wildfires for Family in Australia
By Taylor Umlauf
The wildfires that rage across southern Australia amid record-high temperatures, sent the Holmes family on Jan. 4 rushing to the safety of a nearby bay in Tasmania, Australia. With little time to find shelter, they huddled beneath a wooden jetty, narrowly escaping a fire that burned their home and over 90 other nearby residences near Dunalley, east of the state capital of Hobart, Australia, the Associated Press reported. Family member Tim Holmes was able to capture the dramatic photos below while waiting out the fire.“The difficulty was there was so much smoke and embers and there was probably 200 millimeters to 300 millimeters of air above the water,” Holmes told Australian Broadcasting Corp. television on Monday. “So we were all just heads; water up to our chins just trying to breathe because it was just — the atmosphere was so incredibly toxic,” he added.
Record temperatures across southern Australia have since cooled a bit, reducing the danger from wildfires.
Photos by Tim Holmes, Holmes Family/Associated Press.
Tammy Holmes, second from left, and her five grandchildren, two-year-old Charlotte Walker, left, four-year-old Esther Walker, third from left, nine-year-old Liam Walker, eleven-year-old Matilda, second from right, and six-year-old Caleb Walker, right, huddled beneath a wooden jetty to escape the fire.
A building burned near the jetty where the Holmes’ hid.
Tammy Holmes hugged her grandchildren.
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