Fires have burnt out more than 800 , 000 hectares 3 , 000 square miles of bushland in the southern state of victoria - an area the size of cyprus - and on thursday were threatening several towns and a major ski resort 这场大火已经将位于该国南部维多利亚州境内的超过80万公顷的未开垦森林地区烧成灰烬，这几乎等同于塞浦路斯的国土面积。
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Fires have burnt out more than 800 , 000 hectares ( 3 , 000 square miles ) of bushland in the southern state of victoria - - an area the size of cyprus - - and on thursday were threatening several towns and a major ski resort 这场大火已经将位于该国南部维多利亚州境内的超过80万公顷的未开垦森林地区烧成灰烬，这几乎等同于塞浦路斯的国土面积。
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Eight people were killed and at least 12 seriously injured when a rush - hour commuter train derailed in rugged bushland south of sydney on friday , trapping passengers . it took rescuers more than three hours to free the passengers trapped in the twisted wreckage of the four - carriage train 一列高峰时刻的通勤客车星期五在悉尼南部崎岖的丛林地区脱轨，在这起事故中有8名旅客遇难，至少12人受重伤，同时还有乘客被困在车厢内。
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Canberra reuters - australian firefighters are hoping for a barbecue , snow and a few hours sleep on christmas day as bushfires continue to blacken the country s southeast . fires have burnt out more than 800 , 000 hectares 3 , 000 square miles of bushland in the southern state of victoria - an area the size of cyprus - and on thursday were threatening several towns and a major ski resort 据路透社12月21日报道，澳大利亚东南部地区的森林大火最近一直烧个不停，而对那些始终奋战在扑火最前沿的消防员来说，他们眼下最希望看到的情景就是几天后能迎来一个雪花飞舞的圣诞节，这样便可以借机吃上一顿野外烧烤，然后抓紧时间睡上几个小时。
