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From September 2019 until March 2020, when the final fire was extinguished, Australia had one of the worst bushfire seasons in its recorded history. 2019 had been the hottest record year for Australia, with the bushfire season starting in June 2019. This caused massive damage throughout the country, with fires in each state and territory.
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.
1984-85 Australian bushfire season: NSW in 1984-85, 3,500,000 hectares (8,600,000 acres) were burnt, four lives were lost, 40,000 livestock were killed and $40m damage to property was caused (RFS 2003a). 1982-1983 Australian bushfire season: The Ash Wednesday fires of 16 February 1983 caused severe damage in Victoria and South Australia. In ...
1974-75 Australian bushfire season (Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia) Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983 (Victoria and South Australia) with 520,000 hectares burnt. 1994 Eastern seaboard fires (New South Wales) with 800,000 hectares burnt. Black Christmas bushfires 2001–2002 (New South Wales) with 750,000 hectares ...
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.
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has a long history of bushfires. Typically, the fire season commences on 1 October and runs through until 31 March the following year. [1] During this time the ACT will commonly experience wildfires including grassfires and bushfires. Most years will have a few fires of varying sizes and impacts, but some ...
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology called the storm a "once in 100-year event". 2003 Bushfire: Canberra bushfires: 4 Close to 500 homes 350,000,000 AUD (2003) 2003 Bushfire: Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires: 3 41 homes 2005 Bushfire: Eyre Peninsula bushfire, 2005: 9 93 homes 2006 Bushfire: Junee Bushfire: 0 2006 Cyclone: Cyclone Glenda: 0 ...
A bushfire, that started on 11 October, approximately 120 km (75 mi) south east of Broome burned through an area of 880,000 ha (2,200,000 acres). Adverse conditions, the remote location and a lack of water meant that the fire was fought using back-burning , constructing fire lines and using aircraft.