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The Kinglake fire complex was named after two earlier fires, the Kilmore East fire and the Murrindindi Mill fire, merged following the wind change on the evening of 7 February. [44] The complex was the largest of the many fires burning on Black Saturday, ultimately destroying over 330,000 ha (820,000 acres). [ 45 ]
1942 - Western Victoria (20 deaths) 1905 - 1 December (12 deaths) 1898 - 1 February "Red Tuesday" (12 deaths) 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
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.
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.
Upper Blue Mountains fires New South Wales 150 370 0 24 Sheds Main Western Railway Line at Mount Victoria 1 February 1898 Red Tuesday bushfires: Victoria 260,000 640,000 12 0 2,000 [10] [11] [12] February – March 1926: 1926 bushfires: Victoria 390,000 960,000 60 1,000 0 [13] 13 January 1939: Black Friday bushfires: Victoria 2,000,000 ...
Sam (2005–2007 – 6 August 2009), also known as Sam the Koala, was a female koala from the forests of Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia.She became publicly known when a video and photographs of her being rescued by a firefighter were distributed on the internet and through the media during the aftermath of the Black Saturday bushfires.
Marysville is a town in the Shire of Murrindindi in Victoria, Australia, about 34 kilometres north-east of Healesville and 41 kilometres south of Alexandra. The town, which previously had a population of over 500 people, [2] was devastated by the Murrindindi Mill bushfire on 7 February 2009. On 19 February 2009 the official death toll was 45.
Property-related damage was estimated at over $200m and more than 16,000 fire fighters, 1,000 police and 500 defence personnel fought the fires in Victoria. In South Australia, 208,000 hectares (510,000 acres) were burnt, 383 houses were destroyed, 28 people were killed and property-related damage was estimated to be more than $200m (DSE 2003d).