Australian wildfire razes 40 homes, one man dead

Clinging to coal while their own country burns to death. Yay, coal!

Australian wildfire razes 40 homes, one man dead (via AFP)

A fast-moving wildfire destroyed at least 40 homes in western Australia’s Perth, officials said Monday, with one man dying as he prepared for the approaching inferno. The blaze, thought to have been started by a fallen power line in the city’s wooded…