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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]
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Parts of Western Australia were gripped on Saturday by an "extreme" heat-wave, raising the risk of bush fires in the vast state, the nation's weather forecaster said. The Bureau ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia on Tuesday declared an El Nino weather pattern was underway as the country's southeast sweltered in an intense spring heat wave that raised the risks of bushfires and ...
A total fire ban has been declared for the Greater Sydney area and the coastal communities to the south. It is the first such declaration for Sydney, Australia’s most populous city after ...
The fire burnt out 18,000 hectares, destroyed six homes and five buildings. Around 200 head of livestock were lost. [2] [3] On March 16, a vehicle driving through long grass sparked the Curraweela Bushfire north of Crookwell in the Southern Tablelands. The fire burnt over 4,400 hectares, destroyed one home and 17 buildings.
The fire had burnt more than 258,000 hectares (640,000 acres) and was out of control. The Currowan fire had merged with the Tianjara fire in the Morton National Park to the south west of Nowra; and the Charleys Forest fire had grown along the fire's western flank; and on the fire's southern flank, the fire had merged with the Clyde Mountain fire.
Extreme fire risk was predicted for areas near Mount Lofty in South Australia, which was worsened by predictions of dry thunderstorms. [ 1 ] Tasmania was forecasted to have dry thunderstorms , inland winds of 50–60 km/h and coastal gusts potentially reaching 90 km/h, raising concerns about lightning-sparked fires under the concurrent heatwave ...
5 January 1863 is Sydney's first recorded 40 °C (104 °F) day, when the mercury hit 41.6 °C (106.9 °F) at Sydney's Observatory Hill. [11]During January 1896, a state wide heatwave blasted through NSW and caused the mercury in Sydney to hit 40.7 °C (105.3 °F) on the 6th and 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) on the 13th, this ended Sydney's longest streak of days under 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) which lasted ...