Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
New South Wales fire authorities said on social media platform X that a fire ban was in place for large swaths of the state, including Sydney, given "very hot, dry and windy conditions" brought by ...
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.
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.
The fire burnt out 18,000 hectares, destroyed six homes and five buildings. Around 200 head of livestock were lost. [2] [3] On March 16, a vehicle driving through long grass sparked the Curraweela Bushfire north of Crookwell in the Southern Tablelands. The fire burnt over 4,400 hectares, destroyed one home and 17 buildings.
A New South Wales animal shelter reported that a koala rescued near a bushfire remained “very unwell” on December 29.James Fitzgerald of Two Thumbs Wildlife Trust shared footage of the koala ...
Blue Mountains Fires 1977 New South Wales 54,000 130,000 2 49 0 [citation needed] 4 April 1978 1978 Western Australian bushfires Western Australia 114,000 280,000 2 0 6 [citation needed] December 1979 1979 Sydney bushfires New South Wales 5 28 0 [30] 3 November 1980 1980 Waterfall bushfire New South Wales 1,000,000 2,500,000 5 [e] 14 0 [31]
Jail Break Inn Fire: 10 houses lost on 1 January near Junee in New South Wales [24] 3 houses lost on 1 January near Gosford in New South Wales [24] Mount Lubra bushfire: 2 fatalities, 41 houses lost and 116,380 hectares (287,600 acres) burned from 19 January around the Grampians National Park in Victoria [14]
According to Tim Flannery (The Future Eaters), fire is one of the most important forces at work in the Australian environment.Some plants have evolved a variety of mechanisms to survive or even require bushfires (possessing epicormic shoots or lignotubers that sprout after a fire, or developing fire-resistant or fire-triggered seeds), or even encourage fire (eucalypts contain flammable oils in ...