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The fire caused losses in the ACT of two cottages, three sheds, machinery and stored fodder, about 5000 sheep, six horses and fencing worth $200 000. On the same day there were other major outbreaks in the ACT at Mount Painter, Tuggeranong, near Kambah Pool and at Lands End Belconnen, where an ACT Fire Brigade Tanker was burnt out. [39] [41]
The 2003 Canberra bushfires caused severe damage to the suburbs and outer areas of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, during 18–22 January 2003.Almost 70% of the Australian Capital Territory's (ACT) pastures, pine plantations, and nature parks were severely damaged, [1] and most of the Mount Stromlo Observatory was destroyed.
The ACT Rural Fire Service is the volunteer firefighting branch of the Australian Capital ... closely followed by the Wallaroo Bush Fire Brigade in 1940. [14] Today, ...
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 2003 Tenterden Western Australia 15,000 [45] 37,000 0 2 0 [citation needed] 10 – 12 January 2005 2005 Eyre ...
According to Tim Flannery (The Future Eaters), fire is one of the most important forces at work in the Australian environment.Some plants have evolved a variety of mechanisms to survive or even require bushfires (possessing epicormic shoots or lignotubers that sprout after a fire, or developing fire-resistant or fire-triggered seeds), or even encourage fire (eucalypts contain flammable oils in ...
The fire was found to have been sparked by an arsonist. [66] 2 November a fire broke out near Jacob's Ladder, in Kings Park, Western Australia which threatened neighbouring apartments. By 3 November a 41-year-old man was charged in connection to five fires in Kings Park and around Jacob’s Ladder. [67] [68]
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.
2003 Canberra bushfires: 4 fatalities and 488 houses lost on 18 January in western Canberra and nearby townships. [27] 2001–02 Australian bushfire season: 110 houses lost; Black Christmas bushfires: 109 houses lost and 733,342 hectares (1,812,130 acres) burned from 24 December to 16 January at numerous locations in New South Wales. [9]