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The most destructive bushfire season in terms of property loss since the 2008–09 Australian bushfire season, occurred in the summer of 2015–16, with the loss of 408 houses and at least 500 non-residential buildings as a result of wild fires between 1 June 2015 and 31 May 2016.
The summer of 2016–17 saw a very wet start with the fifth-wettest December [1] on record being 76 percent above the average rainfall for the month across much of the country. This caused a significant surge in vegetation growth leading into the fire danger period.
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.
A bush fire advice warning for the fire was issued at 08:50. [3] Later it was reported that it had grown to an 8 ha (20 acres) scrub fire when a P&W spotter plane overflew the site. [4] [5] The second fire was tackled first as it would have endangered crews fighting the first if it got out of control. [1] It was extinguished by 11:45. [1]
Australia's tourism and insurance industries have already foreshadowed they face a A$1 billion ($687 million) hit each from the fires. REFILE-Australian bushfires hit coal output, conditions to worsen
2018 Tathra bushfire; 2016–17 Australian bushfire season: 46 houses lost; 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]
According to one researcher, Australia has been 'catapulted into the global disinformation space' during the ongoing bushfire crisis. Australia bushfires: Truth behind viral image of fires from ...
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 ...