MELBOURNE: A bushfire which flared on Christmas Day has destroyed more than 100 homes in southern Australia, officials said      Saturday, as they warned the losses could have been worse.

The blaze hit two towns southwest of Melbourne, Wye River and Separation Creek, where many of the 116 houses lost were believed to be holiday homes.

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