Day: February 7, 2018

Today in History 02/07/18

A bushfire burns through a forest on the outskirts of Labertouche, 90km (56 miles) east of Melbourne Feb 7, 2009 (© Mick Tsikas/Reuters)(2009) Bushfires cause a Black Saturday in Australia
An unrelenting heat wave, lightning, and arson contribute to a conflagration of bushfires near Melbourne, Australia, the worst in the continent’s recorded history. The fires will kill 173 and injure 414.
The Black Saturday bushfires 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 Australia’s all-time worst bushfire disasters. The fires occurred during extreme bushfire-weather conditions and resulted in Australia’s highest ever loss of life from a bushfire; 173 people died and 414 were injured as a result of the fires.
Fatalities: 173

February 7 Victoria Bushfires - MODIS Aqua
7 February 2009 MODIS Aqua satellite image of smoke plumes from bushfires burning in Victoria.
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