Mallacoota bushfires evacuees, who arrived at the port of Hastings on MV Sycamore this morning, arrive at the Somerville Recreation Centre in Somerville south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia January 4, 2020. AAP Image/Julian Smith via REUTERS
SOMERVILLE, Australia (Reuters) - The first of thousands of residents and vacationers stranded on a beach in southeastern Australia landed near Melbourne on Saturday morning after a 20-hour journey by ship, relieved to escape terrifying smoke and fire.
They were rescued from Mallacoota, where 4,000 people fled to the waterfront on New Year's Eve as fires ripped through the town in one of the communities worst hit by wildfires burning across three states in southern Australia.
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