At least 500 buildings have been destroyed as wildfires continue to tear through Victoria.  

Multiple fires have ravaged 404,000 hectares of land – an area more than five times the size of Singapore.  

Thousands of properties remain without power, and television and radio services to areas like Bendigo and Castlemaine have been knocked out.  

Australian Correspondent Murray Olds told Andrew Dickens it’s unknown how long transmission services will be down, and how big the damage bill will be. 

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