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(as of 19 January 2020) [3] Cuddlee Creek South Australia Adelaide Hills Council: 20 December 2019 Declared safe 3 January 2020 23,295 hectares Ignited by power infrastructure 85 homes destroyed, 1 death 51 firefighters injured Dunns Road New South Wales Snowy Valleys Council [20] City of Wagga Wagga [21] 28 December 2019 Contained 2 February ...
5 September 2019 – 2 March 2020 2019–20 Australian bushfire season (Black Summer) Nationwide 18,626,000 46,030,000 34 [j] approx. 2,600 [k] approx. 6,000: At least one billion wild animals are estimated to have died (not including frogs and insects) with some species thought to be facing extinction.
The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, [a] or Black Summer, was one of the most intense and catastrophic fire seasons on record in Australia.It included a period of bushfires in many parts of Australia, which, due to its unusual intensity, size, duration, and uncontrollable dimension, was considered a megafire by media at the time.
Between June 2019 and February 2020, various Australian states and territories were subject to large numbers of uncontrolled bushfires, mainly in the southeast of the country. As of 14 January 2020 [update] , fires burnt an estimated 18.6 million hectares (46 million acres ; 186,000 square kilometres ; 72,000 square miles ), [ 1 ] destroyed ...
Bushfire: Western Australian bushfires: 0 160 homes 1965 Bushfire: Chatsbury bushfires: 3 59 homes 1967 Bushfire: Tasmanian fires: 62 1,293 homes Now known as Black Tuesday, 7000 left homeless as over a hundred fires burned in southern Tasmania. [47] 1969 Bushfire: 1969 bushfires: 23 [48] 230 houses, 21 other buildings and more than 12,000 stock
But the 2019-20 Australian bushfire season occurred at a scale and intensity that is unprecedented according to wildlife ecologist Sarah Legge. [citation needed] During the 2019-2020 bushfires, 11 Australian bioregions, 17 major native vegetation groups were severely burnt. Also, up to 67%-83% of the globally significant rainforests and ...
2015–16 Australian bushfire season: 9 fatalities, 408 houses lost; The most destructive bushfire season in terms of human life and property loss since the 2008–09 Australian bushfire season prior to the 2019-2020 bushfires. Insurance losses of around A$353 million [28] At least 317,000 hectares (780,000 acres) burned
A bushfire, that started on 11 October, approximately 120 km (75 mi) south east of Broome burned through an area of 880,000 ha (2,200,000 acres). Adverse conditions, the remote location and a lack of water meant that the fire was fought using back-burning , constructing fire lines and using aircraft.