'Worst Fires Since Ash Wednesday'

Over 11,000 hectares of farmland burnt since Friday afternoon, expected to continue today
More than 300 NSW volunteer firefighters have been sent to SA and VIC to help battle blazes
Fears it will take days for fires to be extinguished
Around 40 dogs and cats have died in the bushfires when blazes swept through a boarding kennel in the Adelaide Hills

Extreme Fire Conditions have targeted the Samson Flat area with 22 firefighters being injured tackling the blazes. The Country Fire Service has advised that today fires will be ‘fast moving and uncontrollable’.

Such a powerful photo #SAFires #AdelaideHills #Adelaide pic.twitter.com/vTB9x583hX
— Dylan (@dylanschier_) January 3, 2015

Seven homes have been completely destroyed and that number is expected to increase.

Time to leave home with family. No immediate danger but not worth the risk of staying #AdelaideHills #bushfire pic.twitter.com/vbOiEET0AF
— Shane Cheek (@cheekshane) January 2, 2015

Over 19 areas across the Adelaide Hills were warned to evacuate: Mount Pleasant, Kersbrook, Gumeracha, Mount Torrens, Woodside, Lobethal, Inglewood, Upper Hermitage, Breakneck Hill, One Tree Hill township, Little Para Reservoir, Chain of Ponds, Houghton, Cudlee Creek, Lower Hermitage, Charleston, Birdwood, Lenswood, and Williamstown.

Thinking of everyone affected by the fires.

To help assist, donations can be made to the Country Fire Service here: cfsfoundation.org.au

What an incredible photo. These people are true heroes. #SABushFires #AdelaideHills pic.twitter.com/ahw60iKNbC
— Grace (@gracejmalone) January 3, 2015

Mother Nature please be kind to those families, animals and homes affected #AdelaideHills #SABushFires pic.twitter.com/33cULrwnp3
— Stacey Carter (@StaceyCarter777) January 3, 2015

#CFS working hard at #HumbugScrub in #adelaidehills My friend just flew over #Kersbrook Devastating... @891adelaide pic.twitter.com/G2N4OT1PpZ
— Not-So-Suzy (@NotSoSuzy) January 2, 2015