Fires in Australia

Update: Death Toll has risen to at least 84.

It must be the smoke coming out of the fires.Now the fire isn`t just the problem.Its the smoke.

may the veil of secrecy open , and they get caught ,

this is such sad news, you are in my thoughts.

The toll has now risen to 108 and they still have the grim task of looking thrugh more wreckage.

May the Goddess be with the ones who need her most.

At least 700 homes have been destroyed in Victoria and about 14,000 homes are without power. At least 18 people were reported to have died in the town of Kinglake, four at Wandong, four at St Andrews and three at Strathewen. The school's gone, the hall's gone... some people left it too late. The town of Marysville, with about 500 residents, was said to have been burned to the ground, though most residents managed to shelter from the blaze in a local park. 49 people and destroying homes, farmland and forests, officials said. The army was called in to help firefighters and volunteers battle the blazes.75 people and destroyed more than 3,000 homes in Victoria and South Australia. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-australia-fires8-2009feb08,0,1096969.story and http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7877178.stm

I haven't heard about the army coming in to help firefighters, I thought they only helped pitch tents.. -_-

may brigid bless those that have died and lost there homes and may loki and other gods of death, bad luck, and evil curse those arsenist forever!

173 people died as a result of the fires and 414 were injured
many more lost there homes. The God and Goddess are looking after the victims of black saturday now. RIP.

Pardon my ignorance, but due to the fact that I could not find any information aside that of a rap group, I ask, who or what are arsonists? What is their reason for relighting the fire?

Blessings to Australians living this, and those near them.