Scientists have finally confirmed what gardeners have long claimed: Water droplets can burn certain plants at the wrong time of day.
Worst fires since Black Saturday leave trail of destruction as fires burn more than 2,000 homes in the state of Victoria.
The Tablas de Daimiel National Park has suffered from drought and over-farming, which has ignited the peat subsurface of the UNESCO Biosphere site.
Fires across the state continue to rage as firefighters struggle to contain them in the low humidity and windy conditions.
The Nature Conservancy's director of fire management weighs the issue.
As fires strip vegetation from the land, the risk of mudslides and floods increases, furthering threatening neighboring homes.
Officials have not said whether the cause was accidental or planned, but it certainly was not natural.
Some evacuation orders are lifted as humidity stalls the Station Fire, but officials warn conditions could quickly take a turn for the worse.
Wildfires threaten a wildlife sanctuary causing 400 animals to be evacuated.
