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At approximately 3:14 a.m., more than 50 firefighters from the Salisbury Fire Department responded to a call at the Island Club Apartments at 1520 Sharen Drive, where a fire took an hour to control.
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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.
4 houses lost at Coominya in Queensland [11] 1991–92 Australian bushfire season: 3 fatalities, 17 houses lost; 2 fatalities and 14 houses lost on 16 October in western Sydney and the Central Coast in New South Wales [9] 1 fatality and 3 houses lost at Mount Tamborine in Queensland [11] 1990-91 Australian bushfire season: 4 fatalities, 25 ...
In October 2022, following a review by State Disaster Co-ordinator Steve Gollschewski, it was announced that the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services would be dissolved in June 2024, resulting in the largest reform of emergency services in Queensland since 1990. The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service along with the Rural Fire Service would ...
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.
The 2023–24 Australian bushfire season [a] was the summer season of bushfires in Australia.The spring and summer outlook for the season prediction was for increased risk of fire for regions in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Fire: Slacks Creek, Queensland: 11: 2011 Aug 24: House fire [231] Fire: Quakers Hill, New South Wales: 11* 2011 Nov 18: Quakers Hill Nursing Home fire. As of 9 January 2012, NSW health officials claimed a total of 21 out of 96 residents died but police could only conclusively prove 11 perished directly as a result of the fire. [232] [233] Shipwreck