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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.
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]
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.
Border Fire New South Wales Bega Valley Shire [10] 192,489 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] Border Trail Fire New South Wales Kyogle Council. Tenterfield Shire Council. early November 2019 [11] [12] At least 6,400 hectares [13] Buldah Victoria Busby's Flat Road New South Wales Richmond Valley Council: Calabash New South Wales Snowy Monaro ...
It considers properties at "major" risk if they're forecast to have at least a 6%-14% chance of being directly damaged by wildfire at least once over the next 30 years, or at "severe" risk if the ...
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) is a volunteer-based firefighting agency and statutory body of the Government of New South Wales.. The NSW RFS is responsible for fire protection to approximately 95% of the land area of New South Wales and the Jervis Bay Territory, while urban areas and over 90% of the population are the responsibility of Fire and Rescue NSW.
By the time the fires had been extinguished there, they destroyed 2,448 homes, as well as 284 facilities and more than 5,000 outbuildings in New South Wales alone. [67] Twenty-six people were confirmed to have been killed in New South Wales since October. [67] The last fatality reported was on 23 January 2020 following the death of a man near ...
NASA MODIS burned area detections from June 2001 to May 2019 showing regions affected by fires in Australia in red. This is a list of specific seasons of bushfires in Australia including some significant bushfire events from each season.