🔥Black Saturday🔥
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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Black Saturday🔥
By Darcy Christie 💥
The Black Saturday Bushfires is the name given to the bushfires which started on the 7th of February 2009 in Victoria, Australia
The Black Saturday Bushfires killed 173 people, injured 414 people, destroyed 2,100 homes and displaced 7,562 people.
The Black Saturday bushfires harmed hundreds of animals, killing most and seriously injuring some.
many families got torn apart
Spot fires, which are fires that start ahead of the main fire front from burning embers, were recorded 35 km ahead of the main fire fronts during the Black Saturday Bushfires.
all over Victoria.
MANY PEOPLE PASSED AWAY,
120 people were killed by a single fire in the Kinglake Area alone.
The weather during the day were some of the worst bushfire weather conditions ever. Temperatures reached 46 degrees celsius with winds getting of 100km per hour.
It was estimated the energy released by the Black Saturday Bushfires, was the equivalent of 1,500 Hiroshima atomic bombs. In total 1,100,000 acres where burnt down to crisps.
It is estimated that the fires caused over $1 billion worth of damage.
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Being in the environment of these bush fires would of been such a traumatising experience.
Here are the websites I used during this assignment.
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