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Bushfires in Victoria

History of fires in Victoria, Australia

Bushfires in Victoria

History of fires in Victoria, Australia

Map of all of the bushfires in Victoria in the last 50 years
Black Saturday bushfires at Steels Creek in 2009

The state of Victoria in Australia has had a long history of catastrophic bushfires.

The most deadly of these, the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 claiming 173 lives. Legislation, planning, management, and suppression are the responsibilities of the Victorian State Government

By number of fires

Signage indicating to motorists that smoke from controlled burns may be in the area
  • Lightning - 26%
  • Deliberate - 25%
  • Agricultural - 16%
  • Campfire - 10%
  • Cigarettes/Matches - 7%
  • Unknown Causes - 6%

By area burnt

  • Lightning - 46%
  • Public Utilities - 14%
  • Deliberate - 14%
  • Misc - 9%
  • Agricultural - 7%
  • Planned burn escapes - 5%
  • Unknown Causes - 3%
  • Machinery/Exhaust - 2%
  • Campfire - 1%
  • Cigarettes/Matches - less than 1%

Major Victorian Bushfires

2003 fires

Most extensive fires

  • 1851 - 6 February "Black Thursday" (5 million hectares)
  • 1938-39 - December - January "Black Friday" (2 million hectares)
  • 2020 - 3 January "2019–20 Australian bushfire season" (1.5+ million hectares)
  • 2003 - January - March "2003 Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires" (1.3 million hectares)
  • 2006-07 - 1 December - 6 February "Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires" (1.2 -1.3 million hectares)
  • 1944 - January - February (1 million hectares)
  • 1983 - 16 February "Ash Wednesday" (510,000 hectares)
  • 2009 - 7 February "Black Saturday" (450,000 hectares)
  • 1965 - Gippsland (300,000 hectares)
  • 1898 - 1 February "Red Tuesday" (260,000 hectares)

Deadliest fires

  • 2009 - 7 February - March "Black Saturday" (173 deaths)
  • 1939 - December - January "Black Friday" (71 deaths)
  • 1926 - 14 February - March "Black Sunday" (60 deaths)
  • 1944 - December - February (51 deaths)
  • 1983 - 16 February "Ash Wednesday" (47 in Victoria)
  • 1962 - 14–16 January (33 deaths)
  • 1969 - 8 January (23 deaths)
  • 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
  • 1998 - 2 December (5 deaths) Linton, Western Victoria
  • 1985 - 14 January (3 deaths) Avoca, Central Victoria
  • 1997 - 21 January (3 deaths) Dandenong Ranges

References

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