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Australian authorities are assessing the damage after one of the worst heatwaves in years resulted in bushfires igniting across the country\u2019s south-east, with one person dead, hundreds of homes and structures lost, thousands of hectares burned and entire towns evacuated.<\/p>\n
A state of disaster remained in place across much of Victoria on Sunday as thousands of firefighters and emergency service workers continued to battle blazes that were \u201cexpected to rage \u201cfor weeks\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n Victoria police said human remains had been found in the Longwood bushfire area on Sunday. The person, who was yet to be formally identified, was found about 100 metre from a vehicle off Yarck Road at Gobur.<\/p>\n More than 300 structures had been destroyed with about 80 homes lost, authorities said, as fires burned 350,000 hectares of bushland.<\/p>\n The prime minister, Anthony Albanese<\/a>, told Victorians: \u201cWe\u2019ve got your back, not just during this crisis, but through the recovery as well.\u201d<\/p>\n