Firefighters battle a bushfire near Yarloop in Western Australia, on January 7, 2016. - Australian Fire and Emergency Services/AFP
Perth (Australia) (AFP) - A "catastrophic" bushfire has burnt through an historic town in Western Australia, razing 95 homes and leaving three people unaccounted for, officials said on Friday.
The out-of-control blaze 110 kilometres (68 miles) south of Perth more than doubled in size in 24 hours and has now burned through 53,000 hectares (130,000 acres), with a third of the town of Yarloop destroyed.
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