Australia bushfires: Aerial views of devastation

A narrow dirt road divides grape vines from burnt-out scrub in the Yarra Valley Photograph: Mark Dadswell/Getty

A dirt track runs through the burnt-out forest in the Kinglake region Photograph: Luis Ascui/Getty

A dirt track runs through the burnt-out forest in the Kinglake region in Melbourne Photograph: Mark Dadswell/Getty

Fire trucks parked together on the Whittlesea Oval in Melbourne Photograph: Luis Ascui/Getty

The burnt-out remains of a house in Kinglake. An estimated 600 houses have been destroyed in Kinglake Photograph: Mark Dadswell/Getty

The burnt-out remains of a house in Kinglake. Most of the residents whose homes burnt down were sheltering at the Whittlesea Emergency Relief Centre Photograph: Mark Dadswell/Getty

The burnt-out remains of a house in the Kinglake region Photograph: Luis Ascui/Getty

The burnt-out remains of a house in the Kinglake region Photograph: Luis Ascui/Getty

The remains of a house in the Kinglake region Photograph: Luis Ascui/Getty

The remains of houses in Kinglake. The region has a history of bushfires but the number of people who died recently has surpassed those who perished in the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires Photograph: Luis Ascui/Getty

Remains of cars in the Kinglake region Photograph: Luis Ascui/Getty