My thoughts and prayers to all those affected.

This is from my friend who lives near Canberra:

Thanks.. looks like the worst is over. They've declared all Canberra suburbs safe for the time being at least, altho there's a fire further south towards Michelago (which will mean nothing to you I guess!). I went home today when someone thought they saw a fire heading towards Banks, but it was a false alarm... I hung around and hosed off the front yard anyway....

402 homes lost, 4 dead, hundreds of millions of dollars in damage...
Her area is on alert still.