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Saturday, 7 February (Black Saturday) 05:00 am – Bunyip State Park fire jumped containment lines; no other major fire activity. [25] Late morning – Many fires sprang up as temperatures rose and wind speeds increased. 11:50 am – Power lines fell in high winds igniting the Kilmore East fire (Kinglake/Whittlesea area).
1851 - 6 February "Black Thursday" (12 deaths) 1943 - 22 December (10 deaths) 1952 - January - March, Central Victoria (10 deaths) 1977 - 12 February, Western Victoria (8 deaths) 1965 - 17 January (7 deaths) Longwood, Northern Victoria; 1998 - 2 December (5 deaths) Linton, Western Victoria; 1985 - 14 January (3 deaths) Avoca, Central Victoria
The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of fires that ignited across the Australian state of Victoria during extreme weather conditions on 7 February 2009. Burning around 450,000 ha for over a month, the fires destroyed over 2,100 homes, destroyed several regional towns and were fought by over 5,000 firefighting personnel.
This story was updated at 1:50 p.m. Thursday. After a period of extreme fire growth and new ignitions, Oregon’s wildfire forecast should moderate somewhat over the coming week, especially on the ...
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The fire burnt between 3–5 hectares of grassland. Smoke from the fires carried north-west over Heidelberg and the northern suburbs of Melbourne. Belgrave / Tecoma. On 15 February, Ferny Creek, Sherbrooke, Kallista, Tecoma and Belgrave residents were warned by the CFA to remain alert due to a 5-hectare fire in the Belgrave / Tecoma area. This ...
A red flag warning was extended until Friday evening as new fires ignited and existing fires spread across Oregon. Oregon wildfires: Air quality declines statewide, red flag warning extended amid ...
A map of the fire events and fatalities on 7 February 2009 that were the main focus of the Royal Commission. In the preliminary hearing on 20 April, commission counsel Jack Rush delivered in his opening address that an interim report assessing the inadequately short notice warnings would be delivered by the commission to the government by August.