Australia wildfires seriously injure man, raze several homes

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Wildfires have left a firefighter seriously injured and destroyed several homes in an early start to the fire danger season in southeast Australia.
The Rural Fire Service says a 66-year-old volunteer firefighter suffered serious burns on Friday while fighting a blaze near the New South Wales state town of Tenterfield.
The firefighter, Neville Smith, has been flown to a hospital in the Queensland state capital, Brisbane, where his condition was listed Saturday as