In the last five days Australian authorities have estimated a death rate of almost 230 people. It is believed that many other bodies are still to be identified, but because of the severe burns their identities will never be found. According to the Guardian 5,000 homes were devastated and according to the Daily Mail the temperature in the affected areas of Melbourne the temperature rose up to 50C. As many as 7000 are now homeless. This event is with no doubt one of the bloodiest fires in the history of Australia.
But why are the Australian authorities saying that the bush fires are caused by men? Australia has a long history of bush fires. Every summer fires take control of the bushes and many loose their homes. Animals and civilization are constantly being affected by bush fires as the summer temperature rises each year. But why are these fires so much dangerous than the last ones?
One theory that the Australian Authorities might not want to take into consideration is the fact that global warming is affecting even the Australian countryside, and since this year the temperature rate has been estimated as one of the highest in the history of Australia, one can assume that these fires were caused by a rise of temperature. The higher the temperature the more devastating the fires might be.
I'm not saying that the Australian PM went too far by saying that the bush fires were caused by mass murderers, what I'm saying is that as far as the authorities don't have enough prove to incriminate anyone, it shouldn't be declared publicly. And even if the fires were caused by men, are they completely sure that it was not an accident?We'll just have to wait until the investigations being led by the Australian police are over to determine whether the fires were caused by mass murderers or by normal people by accident. And until they don't have the key proves, they can't incriminate anyone. It is also fair to say that after a fire it is very hard to find key proves.
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