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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.
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]
State Library of Victoria's Bushfires in Victoria Research Guide Guide to locating books, government reports, websites, statistics, newspaper reports and images about Victorian bushfires from 1851 to the present. Country Fire Authority; Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning: Fire & emergencies; VicEmergency (Incidents and warnings)
13 February was a day of dangerous bushfires conditions, and a "Catastrophic" fire danger rating was issued for the Wimmera district for the first time since the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season. 3 fires broke out across the Grampians which impacted the towns of Dadswells Bridge, Bellfield, and Pomonal. 44 Homes were lost and five ...
The Snowy River bushfire in Eastern Victoria in February 2014. The bushfire which lasted for 70 days grew to 165,800 hectares (410,000 acres) and was roughly the same size as Melbourne. Also burning were fires at Hazelwood coal mine and Kilmore; 2012–13 Australian bushfire season: 4 fatalities, 314 buildings lost
Articles relating to bushfires in Australia, uncontrolled, non-structural fires burning in a grass, scrub, bush, or forested area. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bushfires in Australia . Australia portal
On 2 March, in anticipation and to create awareness of the extreme bushfire weather conditions predicted for the following days, many residents around Victoria received a text message that read: Msg from Vic Police:Extreme weather in Vic expected Mon night & Tues.High wind & fire risk. Listen to local ABC Radio for emergency updates.
Lightning was the major cause of ignition of fires during the 2019–20 fire crisis in NSW and Victoria. [415] The official NSW Bushfires Inquiry (with advice from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service) concluded "Lightning, often in remote areas, started most of the bush fires that became very large, damaging and hard to suppress." [417]