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The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that either ignited or were already burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009, and were one of Australia's all-time worst bushfire disasters.
On 2 February 2009 a lightning strike from a thunderstorm in the area started a bushfire approximately ten kilometres from Barmedman, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service declared a Section 44 for the bushfire at 3am AEDT 3 February 2009. The fire burnt on private property and burnt approximately 320 hectares of scrub. [36] Victoria
The 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission is a Victorian Royal Commission that concluded on 31 July 2010 that investigated the circumstances surrounding the Black Saturday bushfires on Saturday 7 February 2009 which caused 173 fatalities. [1]
Black Saturday bushfires at Steels Creek in 2009. The state of Victoria in Australia has had a long history of catastrophic bushfires. The most deadly of these, the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 claiming 173 lives. Legislation, planning, management and suppression are the responsibilities of the Victorian State Government
The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of fires that ignited across the Australian state of Victoria during extreme weather conditions on 7 February 2009. Burning around 450,000 ha for over a month, the fires destroyed over 2,100 homes, destroyed several regional towns and were fought by over 5,000 firefighting personnel.
Throughout mid-2009, the Victorian State Government has warned that the 2009–10 season has the potential to be "worse" than the 2008–09 season, however opponents suggest that this coming season has the same potential risk as several of the preceding seasons, but that increased awareness of the future bushfire season in general is a positive thing.
Operation Vic Fire Assist was the Australian Defence Force contribution to the relief effort following the Black Saturday bushfires.The Defence contribution peaked at around 850 personnel in mid February; with the majority of Defence assets concluding operations on Saturday 14 March 2009.
1962 Victorian bushfires Victoria 32 450 0 [13] 16 February – 13 March 1965 1965 Gippsland bushfires: Victoria 315,000 780,000 0 more than 20 60 4,000 livestock [20] 5 – 14 March 1965 Southern Highlands bushfires: New South Wales: 251,000 620,000 3 59 0 [21] 7 February 1967 Black Tuesday bushfires: Tasmania: 264,000 650,000 64 1,293 0 [10]