The Australian
bushfire season for 2009 has started, as it does
each year during the start of summer.
17 December 2009
a major fire at Gerogery, north of Albury, in southern New South Wales has burnt properties, homes and cars in the area.
There are also fires threatening and some reports of burning houses at Londonderry in Sydney's north-west. temperatures of over 40°C have been recorded along with strong winds.
more at ABC news
17 November 2009
Australia's new "catastrophic" bushfire danger rating have been declared for the first time for two parts of northern South Australia tomorrow.
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12 October 2009
The Victorian Country Fire Authority (CFA) is asking people to log onto their website cfa.vic.gov.au to work out how defendable their property would be in the event of bushfires.
It includes a a defendabe space calculator that can estimate how likely a house could catchfire from flames or heat.
22 September 2009
bushfires across southern Queensland were thought to be started by arsonists. HIgher than average temperatures are also contributing to the blaze.
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9 May 2009
Over 30,000 people have fled from bushfires (wildfires) that contnue to burn in the US State of California near homes above the US coastal town of Santa Barba.
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1 March 2009
Very extreme bushfire conditions are predicted for Tuesday in Victoria, with winds ranging from 45-70km/h and temperatures of 37. Conditions potentially considered worse than Black Saturday.
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21 February 2009
The Black Saturday Bushfires have claimed 208 lives at the last count with entire townships destroyed including hundreds of properties.
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11 February 2009
The weekend bushfires are now considered the worst ever in Australia's history with over 180 deaths and the toll may increase. There are concerns that several fire fronts may merge due to continued high winds.
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9 February 2009
Over 108 people have now been confirmed dead as a result of the weekend bushfires across Victoria. Over 750 houses have been destroyed and some towns have been destroyed.
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8 February 2009
At least 25 people have died in Vctoria as a result of bushfires. Extreme weather conditions including very high winds and temperatures over 40°C have destroyed towns including over 100 houses.
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13 January 2009
A large bushfire has destroyed two houses and some sheds south of Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula.
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6 January 2009
Soaring temperatures, Hot winds are contributing difficulties in controlling three large bushfires burning in NSW.
Of most concern is a a fire covering 100 hectares in Wingecarribee region, south of Sydney according to RFS spokesman ..
also Yango National Park, in the Hunter Valley, Moreton National Park, south-west of Goulburn.
more from Sydney Morning Herald Article
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Australian Road
Traffic Authorities phone 13 27 01 provides information about
the current road situation including road closures
due to fires.