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The fires have destroyed at least five homes and injured several people, including firefighters which were responding to one of the fires in the Perth Hills. The firefighters had their truck roll over, with two of the firefighters hospitalized. [73] 26 December a firefighter died while fighting a fire near Esperance, Western Australia. [74]
The outlook for the season was below average in coastal parts of south-eastern Australia due to high rainfall associated with the continued La Niña climatic pattern. Elevated fire danger was forecast in Central Australia , inland New South Wales , western Tasmania , southern Queensland and Western Australia , particularly toward the end of the ...
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.
An animation shows the scale of wildfires that have been burning in Australia's Northern Territory over the last two months. Dr Robbi Bishop-Taylor of Geoscience Australia posted the timelapse on ...
A map of evacuation orders and warnings for the Border 2 Fire in California, as of January 24, 2025. Areas in red are under evacuation orders and areas in yellow are under evacuation warnings ...
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This is a list of major bushfires in Australia. The list contains individual bushfires and bushfire seasons that have resulted in fatalities, or bushfires that have burned in excess of 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres), or was significant for its damage to particular Australian landmarks.
Joined with the Good Good fire and the Werri Berri fire [4] Bees Nest New South Wales Armidale Regional Council. Clarence Valley Council. August 31, 2019 [5] 100 000+ hectares [6] Earliest mega-fire of the Black Summer (beginning in the winter of 2019) [7] [8] [9] Big Jack Mountain New South Wales Bega Valley Shire 19,633 hectares (as of 15 ...