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The '''2009 Victorian bushfires''' on Saturday 7 February 2009 were the worst bushfires in Australia's history, surpassing both the Ash Wednesday fires in 1983 and the Black Friday fires in 1939. | The '''2009 Victorian bushfires''' on Saturday 7 February 2009 were the worst bushfires in Australia's history, surpassing both the Ash Wednesday fires in 1983 and the Black Friday fires in 1939. | ||
==Chronology of the fires== | |||
;Saturday 7 February 2009. Black Saturday | |||
:Kilmore fire started | |||
:Murrindindi Mill fire started, | |||
:Bendigo fire started | |||
:Churchill fire started | |||
;Sunday 8 February 2009. | |||
:Kilmore and Murrindindi Mill firess merge to form the Kinglake fire complex. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 12:05, 16 February 2009
The 2009 Victorian bushfires on Saturday 7 February 2009 were the worst bushfires in Australia's history, surpassing both the Ash Wednesday fires in 1983 and the Black Friday fires in 1939.
Chronology of the fires
- Saturday 7 February 2009. Black Saturday
- Kilmore fire started
- Murrindindi Mill fire started,
- Bendigo fire started
- Churchill fire started
- Sunday 8 February 2009.
- Kilmore and Murrindindi Mill firess merge to form the Kinglake fire complex.
See also
External links
- Wikipedia:2009 Victorian bushfires
- Victorian fires 2009, (We) can do better
- Australia's bushfires: the blame game, Guy Rundle, guardian.co.uk
- Lessons from the ashes, The Age