Several homes and farms have been destroyed as around 150 bushfires sweep across large swathes of Australia's Victoria state.<br/> <br />The Victoria Fire Service says conditions are the most serious for five years.<br/> <br />Temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius and strong winds are fanning these intense and fast-moving blazes.<br/> <br />Fires are also burning in more densely populated areas around Melbourne.<br/> <br />Many Australians lives and homes.are at risk.<br/> <br />Local media reported that a family of five managed to escape from their home just before it burnt to the ground....<br/> <br />Residents do what they can to save their property and put out the flames and more than 350 firefighters and six aircraft are helping to control the grass fires.
