WANDONG, Australia (Reuters) - Australia's deadliest bushfire killed 76 people, as the inferno engulfed entire towns, destroying hundreds of homes and killing people as they tried to flee in cars or huddled in their homes, police said on Sunday.
The fire storm tore through several rural towns north of Melbourne on Saturday night destroying everything in its path, forcing one family to dive into a farm reservoir to survive and others to cower in a community shed while firefighters stood between them and a wall of flames.
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