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'NotSafe toMove': FireThreatsIntensify in Australia

Associated Press

   SYDNEY - A father and son who were battling flames for two daysbecame
   the latest victims of the worst wildfire season in Australian history,
   and the path of destruction widened in at least three states
   Saturdaybecause ofstrong winds and high temperatures.
   The death toll in the wildfire crisisroseto 23, Prime Minister Scott
   Morrison said after calling up about 3,000 reservists to battle the
   escalating fires, whichwere expected to be particularly fierce
   throughout the weekend.
   "We are facing another extremely difficult next 24 hours," Morrison
   said at a televised news conference. "In recent times, particularly
   over the course of the balance of this week, we have seen this disaster
   escalate to an entirely new level."
   Dick Lang, 78, anacclaimed bush pilot and outback safari operator, and
   his son Clayton,43,were identified by Australian authorities after
   their bodies were found Saturday on a highway on Kangaroo Island. Their
   family said the losses left them "heartbroken and reeling from this
   double tragedy."
   Lang, known as "Desert Dick," led tours for travelers throughout
   Australia and other countries. "He loved the bush, he loved adventure
   and he loved Kangaroo Island," his family said.
   Clayton Lang, one of Dick's four sons, was a renowned plastic surgeon
   who specialized in hand surgery.

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