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31 October was New South Wales' worst fire danger day for October. High to extreme fire dangers as well as total fire bans were issued for over 80% of the state, due to parched winds upwards of 50 km/h (31 mph) and temperatures soaring to 40 °C (104 °F). There were 87 fires with 36 of these fires burning out of control by the morning.
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 ...
[9] [10] 9 September 1895 Upper Blue Mountains fires New South Wales 150 370 0 24 Sheds Main Western Railway Line at Mount Victoria 1 February 1898 Red Tuesday bushfires: Victoria 260,000 640,000 12 0 2,000 [10] [11] [12] February – March 1926: 1926 bushfires: Victoria 390,000 960,000 60 1,000 0 [13] 13 January 1939: Black Friday bushfires ...
The amount of area burnt by the original Gospers Mountain Wildfire remains contested, as a significant portion of the fire was caused by multiple, separate backburns which increased the fire area. On 10 February 2020, NSW Rural Fire Service announced a torrential rain event over the preceding week had extinguished the Gospers Mountain fire. [91 ...
NASA MODIS burned area detections from June 2001 to May 2019 showing regions affected by fires in Australia in red. This is a list of specific seasons of bushfires in Australia including some significant bushfire events from each season. Events are listed if they cause fatalities, destroy houses, or burn more than 100,000 hectares (250,000 ...
The Palisades fire broke out Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. amid dangerously high winds and dry conditions, leaving dry vegetation primed to burn. In a matter of days, the fire has consumed more than ...
The fire started at 11:42am and burnt at least 1,240 hectares. [7] [8] March 2019. On 1 March several fires were lit in the east of the state as the result of a band of dry lightning. [9] A bushfire in the Bunyip State Park destroyed 29 houses as well as 67 outbuildings and sheds over the following two days. [10]
The Palisades Fire set 2,921 acres ablaze in Los Angeles County, and residents are being forced to evacuate due to an "immediate threat to life," according to Cal Fire. On Tuesday, at 10:30 a.m ...