Dozens of wildfires burning Tuesday across southern Australia destroyed more than a dozen homes and a popular ski lodge, while residents in a suburb of the western city of Perth were urged to flee an approaching blaze.

More than 3,000 firefighters were working to contain the fires in four states, with the worst centered in Victoria and the island state of Tasmania.

Wildfires are a regular feature of Australia’s hot summer, but the danger has been heightened this year by the country’s worst drought in more than a century. No deaths have been reported.