‘It was calm … and then just hectic’: David Rigby couldn’t escape the Longwood bushfire so faced the inferno

Rigby saved his Yarck home but many were lost. Another resident says: ‘No one actually knows how bad it is. So many livestock are dead’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn the outskirts of Yarck, a small farming town in central Victoria, the ground is still smouldering. Gumtrees are flickering with flames as white ash whips through the air.Across the region houses are reduced to warped steel, with brick chimneys often the only thing left standing. Continue reading...