https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushfires_in_Australia
The Black Saturday bushfires[10] were a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009 and were among Australia's all-time worst bushfire disasters. The fires occurred during extreme bushfire weather conditions and resulted in Australia's highest ever loss of human life from a bushfire,[11] with 173 fatalities.[12] Many people were left homeless as a result.
| Black Saturday bushfires | |
|---|---|
 MODIS Aqua satellite image of smoke plumes and a pyrocumulus cloud northeast of Melbourne during the morning of 7 February 2009. | |
| Location | Victoria, Australia |
| Statistics | |
| Date(s) | 7 February – 14 March 2009 |
| Burned area | 450,000 hectares (1,100,000 acres)[1] |
| Cause | Various confirmed sources including: Power lines[2] Arson[3] Lightning[4] Machinery[5] |
| Land use | Urban/Rural Fringe Areas, Farmland, and Forest Reserves/National Parks |
| Buildings destroyed | 3,500+ (2,029 houses) |
| Fatalities | 173[6][7][8] |
| Non-fatal injuries | 414[9] |
As many as 400 individual fires were recorded on Saturday 7 February; the day has become widely referred to in Australia as Black Saturday.
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