Australian authorities said on Sunday it would take firefighters weeks to get on top of bushfires in the country's southeast that have razed homes, cut power to thousands of homes and burned swathes of bushland.

Emergency crews can now force evacuations as conditions rivalled the infamous ‘Black Summer’ blazes of 2019-2020.

Australian authorities have declared a state of disaster on Saturday as deadly bushfires rage across Victoria, devouring 119 structures and more than 300,000 hectares of bushland. In the state

The southeastern Australian state of Victoria has seen the loss of at least 130 structures as more than 35 bushfires continued to ravage the state on Saturday, prompting state Premier Jacinta Allan to declare a state of disaster.

Australian authorities in Victoria have declared a state of disaster as emergency-level bushfires continue to rage, razing homes and burning through vast areas of land. Authorities say the blazes have destroyed more than 300,

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Bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in southeast Australia on Friday, firefighters said, as hot winds fanned "hectic" conditions in the tinder-dry countryside.

Multiple properties are feared lost to an out-of-control bushfire in central Victoria, as Australia's first heatwave of the year continued to bring high temperatures across the country.