Wildfires have destroyed over 130 buildings in southeastern Australia.

As a result of forest fires in Victoria, which is located in the south-east of Australia, more than 130 buildings and residential buildings were destroyed, and 38 thousand people were left without electricity. This was reported on Saturday, January 10, by the Reuters news agency, citing representatives of the fire services.

Those involved in extinguishing the flames, which have already destroyed 300,000 hectares, said that these fires were the largest in the state since the "Black Summer" of 2019-2020, when an area the size of Turkey was burned out on the continent, killing 33 people in the state.

"My thoughts are with the Australians (residents. — Ed.) in these regional communities at this very difficult time," the words of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are quoted in the material.

Jacinta Allan, the prime minister of the state where wildfires are currently being recorded, said thousands of firefighters were trying to contain the fires and "bring them under control if possible."

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Politico reported on August 22, 2025, that wildfires in Europe had destroyed an area the size of Cyprus. It was noted that the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) began to keep records of the lands destroyed by fire and revealed that a total of 1 million hectares were destroyed. On July 9, 2025, Reuters reported that about 2.3 thousand people died in 12 European cities between June 22 and July 2, when the air temperature exceeded 40 degrees.

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