Death toll for Australian wildfire emergency rises to 4

SYDNEY - The death toll for wildfires raging across Australia's most populous state has risen to four with a man's body found in a scorched forest in northeast New South Wales.     Police say the body was found northwest of the town of Kempsey before midnight on Wednesday.   He is suspected to be a 58-year-old who lived in a nearby shed.   The man had not been seen since Friday when ferocious wildfires across New South Wales killed three people and destroyed at least 150 homes.   About 60 fires continued to burn around New South Wales on Thursday morning, with 27 uncontained by more than 1,000 firefighters.   Rural Fire S...

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