how many firefighters have died in australian bushfires?
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Fires rapidly spread across all states to become some of the most devastating on record. An area about the size of South Korea, roughly 25.5 million acres, has burned. At least 33 people are dead, including at least three volunteer firefighters, and more are missing.
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Bushfires have killed at least eight people in south-eastern Australia since Monday, while two others remain unaccounted for. The latest fires, which raced towards the coast this week, have also destroyed more than 200 homes.
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More than 100 U.S. firefighters, including dozens from California, have traveled to Australia over the last month to help combat the country's wildfires that have consumed more than 12.5 million acres of vegetation.
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Australia's unprecedented bushfires have cemented its rural firefighters at the heart of the nation's identity. It's not just that these men and women put themselves in the line of fire. It's that these “firies” are almost all volunteers, battling blazes for sheer love of their local community.
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Temperatures surpassed 40C (104F) in parts of south-east Australia on Saturday as fires ravaged through homes and land. Since September, the fires in Australia have killed at least 23 people. Dozens of people are missing and some 1,500 homes have already been lost this fire season.
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There is a widely-reported estimate that almost half a billion (480 million) animals have been killed by the bush fires in Australia. It's a figure that came from Prof Chris Dickman, an expert on Australian biodiversity at the University of Sydney.
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Six Worcester firefighters died battling that fire. It's also been less than a year since Worcester firefighter Christopher Roy died battling a five-alarm blaze — his death has been ruled a homicide.
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Record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought have fuelled a series of massive bushfires across Australia. Although recent cooler conditions and rain have brought some respite, more than 50 fires are still burning in the states of New South Wales and Victoria.
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(CNN) The Australian state of New South Wales is officially free from bushfires for the first time in more than 240 days, according to the area's fire service. Months of devastating fires in Australia left at least 28 people dead, about 3,000 homes destroyed and up to a billion animals affected.
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Other major conflagrations include the 1851 Black Thursday bushfires, the 2006 December bushfires, the 1974–75 fires that affected 15% of Australia, and the ongoing 2019–20 bushfires. In January 2020, it was estimated that over 1.25 billion animals have died in the 2019–2020 Australian bushfire season.
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Nearly half a billion animals are believed to be dead in the bushfires still spreading across Australia. Ecologists at the University of Sydney told News.com.au that an estimated 480 million mammals, birds, and reptiles have died in the bushfires, which have been burning across Australia since September.
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Australia fires: British firefighters to assist with clean-up. A group of about 300 serving and retired firefighters are heading to Australia to help rebuild communities hit by bushfires.
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Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced during Australia's devastating bushfires of the past year, scientists say.
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The fire, on 9 January, was the second major blaze to ravage Kangaroo Island in less than a week. Two men had died in a blaze on 4 January. Authorities believe they were overrun by flames as they drove along the highway. The fires on Kangaroo Island have been shocking for their speed and extreme behaviour.
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The aggregate figures, together with comments on the cause of death collated from the reports, are set out in Appendix A, Table A5. In total, 84 firefighters were killed in on-duty incidents in England and Wales over that period.
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The Australian state of Victoria has again declared a state of disaster ahead of forecast "dangerous, dynamic" conditions in a massive bushfire zone. ... Blazes have already burnt 1.2 million hectares in Victoria and claimed three lives. Nationally, 27 people have died.
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There are currently 11 uncontrolled blazes burning across the state, including a blaze in the Barossa region, which is moving in a northerly direction and is threatening the town of Truro. Meanwhile, the fire in Victoria's Grampians, where one woman died yesterday, has now burnt around 52,000 hectares.