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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.
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).
The state of Victoria in Australia has had a long history of catastrophic bushfires. The most deadly of these, the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 claiming 173 lives. Legislation, planning, management and suppression are the responsibilities of the Victorian State Government
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.
Ballot drop boxes in Portland, Oregon, and neighboring Vancouver, Washington, were set on fire Monday morning in what authorities believe are connected incidents about a week out from Election Day.
Gary Hughes is an Australian journalist. [1]In 2009, Hughes was awarded the Gold Walkley [2] and named Australian Journalist of the Year [3] for his coverage of Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires, of which he was a victim, for The Australian.
The fires also came after a similar incident on Oct. 8, when smoke was reported near a ballot drop box and a suspicious device was found nearby, Vancouver officials said in a news release at the time.
Portland police also identified a “suspect vehicle” seen leaving the scene of the fire in Portland, which is believed to be tied to the two incidents in Vancouver as well, they said in a news ...