FED: What they said about the lethal Victorian bushfires

AAP General News (Australia)
02-08-2009
FED: What they said about the lethal Victorian bushfires

MELBOURNE, Feb 8 AAP - What they said about the lethal Victorian bushfires:

"This is an appalling loss of life, an appalling loss of property. This is a terrible
and devastating tragedy." - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

"It was climatically a worse day than Ash Wednesday or Black Friday, much worse than
those two. It's just a day, I hope in my lifetime, is never repeated." - Premier John
Brumby.

"This is an absolute tragedy for the state and we believe the figure may even get worse.

The community needs to be prepared for worse …