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On 13 January 2020, two bushfires were burning at emergency level in Victoria despite milder conditions, one about 8 km east of Abbeyard and the other in East Gippsland affecting Tamboon, Tamboon South and Furnel. [209] On 23 January 2020, there were still 12 fires burning in Victoria, the strongest in East Gippsland and the north-east.
During the summer of 2019-2020, most of the eastern Australian states experienced severe fires, in what became known as the Black Summer fires. While the city itself of Canberra fared better than many neighbouring areas of NSW, the territory itself was not unaffected. The most significant fire during the period was the Orroral Valley fire.
2003 Canberra bushfires: Australian Capital Territory: 160,000 400,000 4 ... 2 March 2020 2019–20 Australian bushfire season (Black Summer) Nationwide 18,626,000
(as of 19 January 2020) [3] Creewah Rd New South Wales Snowy Monaro Regional Council 9,314 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] Currowan New South Wales City of Shoalhaven [17] 26 November 2019 [18] Out 8 February 2020 [19] 499,621 hectares (as of 8 February 2020) [19] Ignited by lightning strike [18] 312 homes destroyed, 173 damaged and 1,889 ...
The Irwins share heartbreaking stories of the 90,000 animals they’ve treated amid Australia’s devastating bush fires
The most destructive bushfire season in terms of human life and property loss since the 2008–09 Australian bushfire season prior to the 2019-2020 bushfires. Insurance losses of around A$353 million [28] At least 317,000 hectares (780,000 acres) burned; Loss of 408 houses and at least 500 non-residential buildings
Black Christmas bushfires 2001–2002 (New South Wales) with 750,000 hectares burnt. Canberra bushfires of 2003; Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 (Victoria) with 400,000 hectares burnt and the highest death toll of over 170 deaths. 2019–20 Australian bushfire season – "Black summer" – the worst bushfire season in modern Australian history ...
The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements, also referred to as the Bushfires Royal Commission, was a royal commission established in 2020 by the Australian government to inquire into and report upon natural disaster management coordination as it related to the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.