Authorities told residents in fire-stricken regions to seek shelter, warning they had no time to escape before their communities were engulfed

Pell had been trying to overturn the verdicts and six-year sentence for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s

The former Vatican number three, is appealing against his conviction on five counts of sexually abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s