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The Greatest Tragedy in Australian History

by jaqs - last update: Apr 1, 2009

The Shocking Victorian Bushfires February 2009

Fire engine escaping a wall of Fire and Smoke
There are no words except to say it statistically and let the photographs attempt to say the rest...
* 48 degree heat Celcius with high winds Saturday 07/02/2009
* 173 people passed away in the fires ~ expected to climb to over 300 RIP
* 1831 homes burnt down
* 7000 people displaced
* Some of these fires were deliberately lit...
* Wildlife animals and farm stock animals lost - uncountable

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