WHITTLESEA, Australia (Reuters) - Australia's deadliest bushfires eased on Monday, but the death toll rose to 116 as firefighters and families searched for the missing in the twisted, charred ruins.
Police believe some of the fires, which razed rural towns near the country's second biggest city, Melbourne, were deliberately lit.
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