'It meant so much': Australian farmer loses deer farm to raging blaze

Local aboriginal man Anthony Thomas is seen at his uncle's property destroyed by bushfires in Kiah, Australia January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy

KIAH, Australia (Reuters) - Australian farmer Anthony Thomas sat on his quad bike on Wednesday looking out over what is left of his farm, wiped out by a fire that swept through four days ago, destroying everything in its path.

In a matter of two hours, the place he has called home for 25 years, where he and his father have been raising deer on 200 hectares (500 acres) in the district of Kiah, was gone.