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The fire was found to have been sparked by an arsonist. [66] 2 November a fire broke out near Jacob's Ladder, in Kings Park, Western Australia which threatened neighbouring apartments. By 3 November a 41-year-old man was charged in connection to five fires in Kings Park and around Jacob’s Ladder. [67] [68]
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.
A Boeing 737 that was converted into a fire-fighting aircraft, crashed while conducting operations to control a fire near Hopetoun. While the plane was destroyed, the two pilots on board managed to walk away with only minor injuries. This was the first ever hull loss of a Boeing 737 to occur in Australia. [10]
The 2023 Darling Downs fires was an Australian bushfire that began on 23 October 2023 after emergency warnings were issued for multiple bushfires in the Darling Downs region but particularly concentrated in the Western Downs Region and in Milmerran Woods.
[461] [462] Maps showing "hotspots" were spread online as comprehensive fire maps, giving an exaggerated impression of the extent of fires. [463] Photographs of previous Australian bushfires were also being wrongly published as current [464] and maps that exaggerate the extent of the fires, or include both past and present fires. [465]
After the Woolsey Fire in November 2018, an after-action review described problems that resemble those firefighters face today. That blaze raced across the Santa Monica Mountains toward homes on ...
Subterranean fire, sparked underground The 2023 Wanneroo bushfire was a bushfire that began on 22 November 2023 in Wanneroo , 36 kilometres (22 miles) north of the Perth central business district , in the City of Wanneroo , Western Australia .
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.