News State Victoria News Christmas bushfire devastation in pictures 4:55pm, Dec 26, 2015 Updated: 2:54pm, Oct 1 Christmas bushfire devastation in pictures Twitter: Tom Jacobs Darren Devlyn Share Twitter Facebook Reddit Pinterest Email Brave crews face brutal conditions in the Otways. Crews struggled to contain fire at Wye River. A woman tends to horses as children sleep on fold-out beds in the main street of Lorne. The bushfire burns in the Otway Ranges near Wye River. Smoke billows across Separation Creek. The flames in Separation Creek are attacked from the air. Crews take a break near Wye River. The fire ravages Wye River, where homes have been lost. Fire crews struggled to protect homes from flames in Wye River. View of the Otways fire from Aireys Inlet. Separation Creek and Wye River fires were attacked from the air. Lorne is deserted after bushfires destroyed 53 houses in nearby towns. Some of the homes lost to bushfires on The Great Ocean Road. Nine's chopper surveys the Otways fire. Residents of Wye River and Separation Creek at the relief centre in Apollo Bay. Wye River and Separation Creek residents hear news of the devastation. Topics: Bushfires