A Tasmania Fire Service image of a bushfire behind Arthur River township in the Australian state of Tasmania, January 28, 2016. - Tasmania Fire Service/AFP / Warren Frey
Sydney (AFP) - World Heritage-listed forests whose origins pre-date the age of the dinosaurs are being destroyed by raging Australian bushfires, with conservationists increasingly fearful they could be lost forever.
Firefighters in Tasmania -- a state south of the mainland known for its cooler temperatures -- have been battling bushfires for 18 days, with 95,000 hectares (234,750 acres) of land burnt so far, authorities said Friday.
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