Military deployed to help bushfire-hit Victorians as four people remain missing | ABC News

A bushfire crisis is gripping eastern Victoria.

Four people are missing, dozens of properties have been destroyed and thousands remain stranded as fires cut off roads, power and telecommunications.

Military aircraft and naval ships will be deployed to support fire crews, but the threat is not expected to ease anytime soon.

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