Well, these particular fires officially resulted in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire, if I've heard correctly.

181 confirmed deaths with police estimates of 300, 1033 homes destroyed with towns such as Kinglake, Marysville, Narbethong and Strathewen being more or less completely destroyed. I'm very thankful to hear my relatives are fine, my uncle stating the fires burnt up to around 100 metres from their house. I'm guessing they lost some of their farmland, but they have their homes and their lives which is more than some were left with. The property next to them was destroyed.

And some of the fire is still raging strong so this could get even worse.