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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 2024–25 Australian bushfire season [a] is the current summer season of bushfires in Australia.At the beginning of the season temperatures had been above average to high above average for most regions, with parts of Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland experiencing highest on record maximum temperatures for the winter period.
1969-70 Dry River-Victoria River fire Northern Territory 45,000,000 110,000,000 0 0 0 [22] 1974 – 1975 summer fire season (defined as October 1974 to February 1975 in Queensland only) 1974-75 Australian bushfire season [d]
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Five boys and their father were killed after fire ripped through a house in Australia's Queensland state early on Sunday, police said. The man's wife, mother of the boys, escaped ...
Following a request by State Minister for Fire and Emergency Services, Craig Crawford, for a review into the effectiveness of the Queensland disaster management system in its preparation and response to the bushfires, the Inspector-General of Emergency Management, Iain Mackenzie, delivered the independent 2018 Queensland Bushfires Review Report ...
4 houses lost at Coominya in Queensland [11] 1991–92 Australian bushfire season: 3 fatalities, 17 houses lost; 2 fatalities and 14 houses lost on 16 October in western Sydney and the Central Coast in New South Wales [9] 1 fatality and 3 houses lost at Mount Tamborine in Queensland [11] 1990-91 Australian bushfire season: 4 fatalities, 25 ...
The 2023–24 Australian bushfire season [a] was the summer season of bushfires in Australia.The spring and summer outlook for the season prediction was for increased risk of fire for regions in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Early in the morning (3:35am) the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) issued an emergency warning in which residents were advised to "leave immediately". [19] High temperatures of 32 °C (90 °F), and strong winds hindered fire fighting and QFES Director Brian Cox said "A lot of this fire is burning in inaccessible country …". [19]