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Firefighters battle grass fire, Ingleburn, NSW Firefighters battle grass fire, Ingleburn, NSW Fast moving grass fire, Ingleburn, NSW. 29 October a large and fast moving grassfire broke out along the T8 train line in Ingleburn. Local residents were told to evacuate after the fire jumped the rail line and burnt towards properties in Bow Bowing.
"Section 44" refers to the New South Wales Rural Fires Act 1997, specifically section 44, Commissioner’s responsibility. Essentially it is used to describe when the Rural Fire Service Commissioner declares a localised "State of Emergency" for a specific district suffering severe fire conditions that cannot be managed without drawing in extensive resources from other areas.
2002 NSW Bushfires New South Wales 1 20 Significant damage to Holsworthy Army Base [42] [43] 18 – 22 January 2003 2003 Canberra bushfires: Australian Capital Territory: 160,000 400,000 4 approx. 500: 0 [36] 8 January – 8 March 2003 2003 Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires: Victoria 1,300,000 3,200,000 0 41 213 10,000 livestock [44] December ...
Further, ABC News reported arson was of little impact – accounting for around 1% of NSW fires and 0.3% of Victorian fires by 18 January 2020. [415] [416] The NSW Rural Fire Service referred numerous individuals to the NSW Police; 24 people were charged with arson, allegedly starting bushfires.
1 farmer killed and two firefighters injured on 1 November while fighting a fire about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Adelaide at Nantawarra, South Australia. The fire burnt out about 1,800 hectares (4,448 acres) of grassland [32] 2015 Sampson Flat bushfires, South Australia: 32 houses lost, 125 outbuildings [33] [34]
Joined with the Good Good fire and the Werri Berri fire [4] Bees Nest New South Wales Armidale Regional Council. Clarence Valley Council. August 31, 2019 [5] 100 000+ hectares [6] Earliest mega-fire of the Black Summer (beginning in the winter of 2019) [7] [8] [9] Big Jack Mountain New South Wales Bega Valley Shire 19,633 hectares (as of 15 ...
11:15 - Fire near Tarraganda reported to local NSW Rural Fire Service by Tathra resident. 12:28 - First 000 call received, reporting bush fire in the Reedy Swamp area, near Tarraganda. 12:33 - Firefighting units are dispatched from the NSW Rural Fire Service, with offers of assistance from Fire and Rescue NSW declined.
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. [16] January 2019. In mid-January, south western Australia experienced a major heatwave that triggered a large fire in Collie on 21 January, putting most of Collie at risk. The fire was ...