Firefighters from the Government Departm

Firefighters from the Government Department of Sustainability and Environment conduct blacking out operations to extinguish smouldering embers left after wildfire burnt through the Lysterfield State Park some 50km east of Melbourne on February 26, 2009. Hundreds of Australian schools and childcare centres will be closed February 27 because of a resurgent threat from wildfires that have already killed more than 200 people, officials said. AFP PHOTO/Paul CROCK (Photo credit should read PAUL CROCK/AFP via Getty Images)