Australia faces worst fires since 1983

Dozens of homes are likely to have been destroyed and six firefighters injured as South Australia's worst bushfire since the 1983 Ash Wednesday blaze continues to threaten lives.

The out-of-control Sampson Flat fire in the Mount Lofty Ranges is threatening 19 communities after travelling erratically and burning freely in all directions for most of Saturday.

Thousands of residents have fled their homes to relief centres and staging posts in the Adelaide Hills since the emergency warning was first raised on Friday afternoon.
Residents - many with personal items and pets in hand - have been advised not to return home for several days because the fire within 30km of central Adelaide is not expected to be contained until early next week.

Ian Tanner from the Country Fire Service told one group of locals: "there is not a fire service anywhere in the world that could put this fire out at the moment."

With temperatures above 40C and winds over 90km/h, the CFS said the area "is being confronted by a fire that hasn't been since 1983" when the Ash Wednesday fires claimed 28 lives in South Australia.

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