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1980 Ash Wednesday bushfires

Series of bushfires in Australia

Field	Value
title	Ash Wednesday I
location	Adelaide Hills, South Australia
coordinates
reference
cost	$34,000,000
date
area	3770 ha
cause	Faulty power lines, arson, and negligence after years of extreme drought
buildings
injuries
pushpin_map	Australia South Australia

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The first Ash Wednesday fires were a series of bushfires that began in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, on Ash Wednesday, 20 February 1980. 51 homes and 25 other buildings were destroyed, including the Anglican Christ Church, Longwood, and 75 farms were affected. 40 people were injured, with 150 left homeless. The fire burnt an area of 3770 ha, and caused an estimated $34,000,000 damage.

In 1983, after the Ash Wednesday fires in February that year, the 1980 fire became known in South Australia as the "first" Ash Wednesday, or Ash Wednesday I.

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