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  2. Bushfires in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Bushfires in Australia are a widespread and regular occurrence that have contributed significantly to shaping the nature of the continent over millions of years. Eastern Australia is one of the most fire-prone regions of the world, and its predominant eucalyptus forests have evolved to thrive on the phenomenon of bushfire . [ 1 ]

  3. Wildfire - Wikipedia

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    Wildfire burning in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, United States, in 2020.The Mangum Fire burned more than 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of forest.. A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.

  4. List of major bushfires in Australia - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of major bushfires in Australia.The list contains individual bushfires and bushfire seasons that have resulted in fatalities, or bushfires that have burned in excess of 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres), or was significant for its damage to particular Australian landmarks.

  5. Australia, scarred by bushfires, on high alert for dangerous ...

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    Four years since bushfires destroyed wide swathes of southeastern Australia, killing 33, the country is once again on high alert, bracing for what weather experts say will be the hottest, driest ...

  6. List of wildfires - Wikipedia

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    Black Christmas bushfires 2001–2002 (New South Wales) with 750,000 hectares burnt. Canberra bushfires of 2003; Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 (Victoria) with 400,000 hectares burnt and the highest death toll of over 170 deaths. 2019–20 Australian bushfire season – "Black summer" – the worst bushfire season in modern Australian history ...

  7. 2019–20 Australian bushfire season - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Wildfires in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Current burn acreage is 80% lower than peak burn in the 1930s, per US Dept of Agriculture, National Report on Sustainable Forests - 2010 pg II-48. [1] Average U.S. acreage burned annually by wildfires has almost tripled in three decades.

  9. List of largest fires of the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    Rank Name Country Area burned (ha) Deaths Ref. 1 2023–2024 Australian bushfire season Australia 144,537,200 10 [1]2 2024 South American wildfires Brazil Bolivia Chile