Children have been affected too - many have witnesses burning piles of dead animals close to their home or were sent away from home if the crisis caused their farm to go into quarantine.

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The boyfriend of a woman who was found dead in the remains of her burning car has denied her murder.

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Fires are also burning in Victoria and Tasmania, where a firefighter tackling a blaze on the Tasman peninsula was found dead on Sunday.

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