Wildfires Burn Across Eastern Australia in Sweltering Heat Wave The wildfires marked the first time the Queensland government rated the danger “catastrophic” in the state’s history. Thousands of people have been evacuated. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Asia and Australia Edition: Apple, Russia, Jeff Sessions: Your Morning BriefingPakistan, in a First, Sentences Man to Death Over Blasphemy on Social Media‘No Such Thing as Justice’ in Fight Over Chemical Pollution in ChinaAn Aztec Temple Emerges in Heart of Mexico CityTheresa May Battles to Hold On as U.K. Prime MinisterProtests Unfold Across Russia; Navalny Arrested