By FRANK ESPINO
Staff Writer
Firefighters from around the world are fighting the Australian fires. A Lockheed C-130 carrying water east of Melbourne crashed in a snowy mountain region. The 3 American crew members on board did not survive the crash. Officials say they were doing their regular routine dumping water to put out the 80 active fires. After the crash, all planes were told to land. A team was sent to collect data and find the reason for the crash. So far 15 million acres of land have burned and the death toll has risen to 25.