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Australian village ready for 'The Beast' to burn on through

by Associated Press
| January 12, 2020 12:05 AM

BURRAGATE, Australia (AP) — As the sky darkened and the smoke billowed through the village, it seemed to those hunkering at the fire station that "The Beast” would finally roar through. But the wildfire only crept closer, prodding forward a few tentative fingers before falling asleep again as the winds died.

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