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Throughout September and October multiple fires occurred in the Beerwah and Landsborough area, up to 4 different fires were burning at once in late October. These fires were speculated to have been accidentally caused by hoons [79] doing burnouts on Roys Road, along with some of the fires from late September–October being caused by arsonists.
[10] 18 November 1944 1944 Blue Mountains bushfire New South Wales: 0 approx. 40: 0 [14] [15] November 1951 – January 1952 1951–52 bushfires Victoria 4,000,000 9,900,000 11 0 0 [16] 2 January 1955 Black Sunday bushfires: South Australia: 39,000–160,000 96,000–395,000 2 40 [b] 0 [17] [18] 30 November 1957 1957 Grose Valley bushfire, Blue ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 fire burnt through an area of over 500 hectares (1,236 acres) and one home was destroyed in the blaze. [124] Another fire broke on 5 February out near Boddington and burnt out of control destroying a cottage. An area over 800 hectares (1,977 acres) was burnt out before the fire was contained. [122]
13:30 - At least 12 separate fires have started in the Bega Valley area. 14:56 - The fire jumps the Bega River and begins its run towards Tathra. 15:00 - At least 20 separate fires are burning in the Bega Valley area. 15:22 - Houses along Thompsons Drive, west of Tathra, begin to be impacted by fire.