I am 25km from the fires north of Melbourne, we had 2 fires one to the west of us and one to the east of us, I feel so much for those that have lost thier lives, to see the photos and stories of whole familys that perished leaves a pain in your heart and more than 1 tear in your eye. The reports on the news have been in general wrong, they reported that the town of Marysville was almost completly destroyed but everyone had managed to get out ok, well it looks like this may be wrong and they are now saying 100+ people have perished and they are calling Marysville ground zero. I never thought i would see this again after Ash Wednesday