Year |
Date |
Name/Location |
Losses/Summary |
2009
|
23 February
|
Muskvale / Daylesford, Upwey
|
|
2009
|
13 February
|
Wilson's Promontory
|
|
2009
|
7 February
|
Black Saturday
Churchill, Kilmore and Murrundindi, Vectis (Horsham), Coleraine, Weerite, Redesdale, Harkaway, Upper Ferntree Gully, Maiden Gully / Eaglehawk, Lynbrook / Narre Warren, Beechworth. More detailed information.
|
- 173 people
- 2056 houses
- 239,637 hectares
|
2009
|
4-6 February
|
Bunyip State Park
|
- 31 houses
- 26,200 hectares
|
2009
|
29 January
|
Branxholme
|
|
2009
|
28 January
|
Delburn
|
|
2007
|
1 March
|
Food Warehouse Fire - Wattle St, Springvale
|
- About 50 firefighters took one hour to contain the blaze, preventing spread to a neighbouring school.
- 15 people in a nearby block of flats were evacuated as a precaution.
|
2007
|
17 January
|
DTM Logistics - Dandenong South
|
- By the time the brigade arrived, the building was fully involved.
- Losses were extensive including contents and vehicles.
|
2006
|
December-February 2007
|
Great Divide Complex
|
- 33 houses
- 13 houses damaged
- 255 other buildings
- 1334 animals and livestock
- Fencing: 1,357km
- 1,154,828 hectares
|
2006
|
12 October
|
Morwell Open Cut Mine
|
Spontaneous Ignition |
2006
|
19 January
|
Grampians
|
- 2 people
- 41 houses
- 9 houses damaged
- 231 other buildings
- 65,598 animals and livestock
- Fencing: 1,973
- 116,380 hectares
|
2003
|
8 January-19 March
|
North East and Gippsland fires
71 days duration
|
- 41 houses
- 3 bridges
- 213 other structures
- 10,000 livestock
- 1.2 million hectares
|
2002
|
March
|
Glenaroua
|
- 1 house
- 6,100 hectares grass and scrub
|
2001
|
December- January 2002
|
Deployment of CFA to NSW and ACT fires
|
- 80 trucks and 2794 CFA personnel were committed for 14 days
|
2000
|
18 December
|
Dadswells Bridge
|
- 1 house damaged
- 14,500 hectares of crop and pasture
- 8000 livestock (mainly sheep)
- 500km of fencing
|
1998
|
2 December
|
Linton
|
- 5 CFA firefighters
- 1 CFA tanker
- 780 hectares
|
1998
|
25 September
|
Longford Plant
|
- 2 people
- 8 Injured
- Gas Plant exploded due to leaking vapours.
|
1997
|
21 January
|
Dandenong Ranges, Creswick, Heathcote, Teddywaddy, Gough's Bay.
|
- 3 people
- 41 houses
- 1 CFA fire truck
|
1990
|
27 December
|
Strathbogie
|
- 1 person
- 17 houses
- More than 12,000 livestock
|
1985
|
14 January
|
Maryborough, Avoca, Little River.
|
- 3 people
- 182 houses
- 400 farms
- 46,000 livestock
|
1983
|
16 February
|
Ash Wednesday
Monivae, Branxholme, Cockatoo, East Trentham, Mt Macedon, Otways, Warburton, Cudgee, Upper Beaconsfield. More detailed information.
|
- 47 people
- More than 27,000 livestock
- Over 2000 houses/shops
|
1978
|
15 January
|
Bairnsdale
|
- 2 people
- 1 house
- 6500 livestock
|
1977
|
12 February
|
Penshurst, Tatyoon, Streatham, Creswick, Pura Pura, Werneth, Cressy, Rokewood, Beeac, Mingay, Lismore, Little River.
|
- 4 people
- 108 houses/shops
- More than 236,000 livestock
|
1969
|
8 January
|
Lara, Daylesford, Bulgana, Yea, Darraweit, Kangaroo Flat, Korongvale.
|
- 22 people
- 230 houses
- 21 schools/church/halls
- More than 12,000 livestock
- 800,000 acres
|
1968
|
19 February
|
The Basin, Upwey
|
|
1965
|
21 February- 13 March
|
Gippsland
Fires burned for 17 days
|
- More than 60 houses/shops
- More than 4000 livestock
- 750,000 acres of forest
- 40,000 acres of grassland
|
1965
|
17 January
|
Longwood
|
- 7 people (all from one family)
- 6 houses
|
1944
|
14 January -14 February
|
Central & western districts, Morwell, Yallourn
|
- 32 people
- 700 houses
- Huge livestock losses
|
1943
|
22 December
|
Wangaratta
|
- 10 people
- Thousands of acres of grass country
|
1942
|
3-4 March
|
Hamilton, South Gippsland - Yarram
(burning on a 60 mile front)
|
- 1 person
- More than 20 houses
- 100 sheep
- 2 farms
|
1939
|
13 January
|
Black Friday
Rubicon, Woods Point, Warrandyte, Noojee, Omeo, Mansfield, Dromana, Yarra Glen, Warburton, Erica.
|
- 71 people
- More than 650 houses/shops
|
1926
|
n/a
|
Noojee, Kinglake, Warburton, Erica, Dandenong Ranges.
|
|
1851
|
6 February
|
Black Thursday
Wimmera, Portland, Gippsland, Plenty Ranges, Westernport, Dandenong districts, Heidelberg.
|
- 12 people
- 1,000,000 plus livestock
|