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may not reflect the most current information about this bushfire season for all areas. Initial news reports may be
unreliable. (January 2020) |
The following tables show the extent of impact of the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.
Fire | State | Local Government Area(s) | Start Date | Contained / Cease Date | Area impacted | Comments |
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Adaminaby Complex | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council [1] | 31/12/2019 [2] | Out on 16/02/2020 [2] | 98,485 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
Ignited by several lightning strikes [2] |
Anderson's Creek | New South Wales | Bellingen Shire Council | November 26 2019 | 1506 hectares (as of 05/12/19) | Ignited by lightning strike in New England National Park | |
Badja Forest Rd | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 315,512 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
Joined with the Good Good fire and the Werri Berri fire [4] | ||
Bees Nest | New South Wales | Armidale Regional Council | August 31, 2019 [5] | 100 000+ hectares [6] | Earliest mega-fire of the Black Summer (beginning in the winter of 2019) [7] [8] [9] | |
Big Jack Mountain | New South Wales | Bega Valley Shire | 19,633 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
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Bondi | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 3,539 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
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Border Fire | New South Wales | Bega Valley Shire [10] | 192,489 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
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Border Trail Fire | New South Wales | Kyogle Council | early November 2019 [11] [12] | At least 6,400 hectares [13] | ||
Buldah | Victoria | |||||
Busby's Flat Road | New South Wales | Richmond Valley Council | ||||
Calabash | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 4,634 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
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Campbells River Rd | New South Wales | Oberon Council | 481 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
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Carrai East [14] | New South Wales | Kempsey Shire | ||||
Clear Range | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 12,458 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
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Clyde Mountain | New South Wales | Eurobodalla Shire [15] | 29 December 2019 [16] | Out 16 February 2020 [16] | 98,816 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
Grew from Currowan fire
[15]
Over 400 homes destroyed [16] |
Coombes Gap Complex | New South Wales | Port Macquarie-Hastings Council [3] | 37,772 hectares
(as of 19 January 2020) [3] |
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Creewah Rd | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 9,314 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
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Currowan | New South Wales | City of Shoalhaven [17] | 26 November 2019 [18] | Out 8 February 2020 [19] | 499,621 hectares
(as of 8 February 2020) [19] |
Ignited by lightning strike
[18]
312 homes destroyed, 173 damaged and 1,889 saved. [19] |
Crestwood Drive | New South Wales | Port Macquarie-Hastings Council [3] | 3,572 hectares
(as of 19 January 2020) [3] |
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Cuddlee Creek | South Australia | Adelaide Hills Council | 20 December 2019 | Declared safe 3 January 2020 | 23,295 hectares | Ignited by power infrastructure
85 homes destroyed, 1 death 51 firefighters injured |
Dunns Road | New South Wales | Snowy Valleys Council [20] | 28 December 2019 | Contained 2 February 2020
[22]
Out 15 February 2020 [23] |
333,940 hectares | Ignited by lightning strike
[24]
182 homes destroyed [23] |
East Rd | New South Wales | Murray River Council | 5 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
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Forest Road, Comberton | New South Wales | City of Shoalhaven [25] | 2,686 hectares [3] | |||
French Island | Victoria | 15 January 2020 [26] | Contained 20 January 2020 [27] | 87 hectares [27] | Believed to be ignited by lightning strike [26] | |
Gospers Mountain | New South Wales | City of Hawkesbury [3] | 26 October 2019 [28] | Contained 13 January 2020
[29]
Out 7 February 2020 [30] |
512,626 hectares [31] | Ignited by lightning strike [28] |
Good Good | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 42,563 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
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Green Valley | New South Wales | Greater Hume Shire [32] | 29 December 2019 [33] | Out 18 February 2020 [34] | 208,275 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
Ignited by lightning strike [24] 7 related deaths including John Smith, Ross Rixon, Robert and Patrick Salway, Collin Burns, Michael Clarke and Richard Steele. [35] |
Green Wattle Creek | New South Wales | Wollondilly Shire [3] | Out 7 February 2020 [30] | 278,405 hectares
(as of 19 January 2020) [3] |
Ignited by lightning strike [24] | |
Jinden | New South Wales | Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council | 17,684 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
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Kangaroo Island Complex | South Australia | Kangaroo Island Council | 20 December 2019 [36] | 210,000 hectares
(as of 14 January 2020) [37] |
Believed to be ignited by lightning strike
[24]
2 deaths [38] | |
Kerry Ridge | New South Wales | Muswellbrook Shire | Out 7 February 2020 [30] | 156,000 hectares
(as of 19 January 2020) [39] |
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Kian Road | New South Wales | Nambucca Valley Council | Late October 2019 | 31,000 hectares [40] | Started by lightning strike
[41]
At least 60 homes lost, 1 dead [42] | |
Kydra Complex | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 8,766 hectares
(as of 15 February 2020) [3] |
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Liberation Trail | New South Wales | Clarence Valley Council | early November 2019 | 148, 000 hectares | 169 homes destroyed [43] including 85 homes in the town of Nymboida on 8th November 2019 [44] | |
Lindfield Park Road | New South Wales | Port Macquarie-Hastings Council | 18 July 2019 [45] | Out 12 February 2020 [45] | 858 hectares (as of 12 February 2020) [45] | |
Little L Complex | New South Wales | Singleton Council [3] | 171,396 hectares
(as of 19 January 2020) [3] |
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Long Gully Road | New South Wales | Tenterfield Shire | 5 September 2019 [46] | Out 27 October 2019 [46] [47] | 74,000 hectares [46] | Ignited by lightning strike
[46]
2 deaths [46] 40 homes destroyed, 22 damaged, 300 saved [46] |
Macalister 43 | Victoria | 37°04′11″S 147°05′16″E / 37.0696°S 147.08774°E | ||||
Meads Creek West | New South Wales | |||||
Mt Nardi | New South Wales | City of Lismore | 8 November 2019 | Source of ignition unknown
[48]
Rainforest fires [49] Site of a significant grass-roots community effort to support agencies undertaking containment, known as "the community defenders" [50] | ||
Mt Royal | New South Wales | Dungog, New South Wales [3] | 9,250 hectares
(as of 19 January 2020) [3] |
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Myall Creek Road | New South Wales | Richmond Valley Council [3] | Out 7 February 2020 [30] | 121,324 hectares
(as of 19 January 2020) [3] |
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Myrtle Mountain Road | New South Wales | Bega Valley Shire | 30 December 2019 [51] | |||
Orroral Valley | Australian Capital Territory | 27 January 2020 [52] | Contained 10 February 2020 [53] | 86,562 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | Ignited by landing light on army helicopter in Namadgi National Park [52] | |
Ovens 41 | Victoria | |||||
Pearson Trail Complex | New South Wales | 23,053 hectares
(as of 19 January 2020) [3] |
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Pilot Lookout | New South Wales | Snowy Valleys Council [54] | 14,400 hectares
(as of 19 January 2020) [54] |
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Postmans Trail | New South Wales | Bega Valley Shire | 12,285 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
Rockton | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 26,295 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
Rolling Ground | New South Wales | Snowy Valleys Council | 5,688 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
Rumba Complex | New South Wales | Mid-Coast Council [3] | 153,167 hectares
(as of 19 January 2020) [3] |
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Scabby Range | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 3,874 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
Snowy Complex | Victoria | |||||
Tambo 35 | Victoria | |||||
Tambo 64 | Victoria | |||||
Tambo 48 | Victoria | |||||
Upper Turon Rd | New South Wales | Mid-Western Regional Council [3] | 17,414 hectares
(as of 19 January 2020) [3] |
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Upper Murray | Victoria | 29 December 2019 [33] | 308,242 hectares
(as of 17 January 2020) [55] |
Also known as the Green Valley (NSW) or Walwa fire [33] | ||
Utakarra | Western Australia | City of Greater Geraldton | ||||
Waterhole Rd | New South Wales | Murray River Council | 2 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
Werri Berri | New South Wales | 26,700 hectares
(as of 19 January 2020) [56] |
Merged with Badja Forest Road Fire [56] |
National Park | State | Impact Dates | Impact |
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Blue Mountains National Park | New South Wales | ||
Flinders Chase National Park | South Australia | ||
French Island National Park | Victoria | 15 January 2020 [26] - | |
Kanangra-Boyd National Park | New South Wales | ||
Kosciuszko National Park | New South Wales | Destroyed buildings include: Delaneys Hut, Sawyers Hill Rest House, Happys Hut, Wolgal Lodge, Kiandra Court House, Pattersons Hut, Matthews Cottage, Round Mountain Hut, Bradley and O’Briens Hut, Four Mile Hut [71] [72] | |
Lane Cove National Park | New South Wales | ||
Morton National Park | New South Wales | ||
Namadgi National Park | Australian Capital Territory | 27 January 2020 [73] - | 50% of the national park burnt as of 2 February 2020 [61] 80% of the national park burnt as of 8 February 2020 [74] |
Stirling Range National Park | Western Australia | ||
Wollemi National Park | New South Wales | ||
Woomargama National Park | New South Wales | ||
Yengo National Park | New South Wales |
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