Wildfires

Wildfires are the most destructive forces of nature. Firefighters risk their lives each year to control and eventually extinguish them. Even though some wildfires occur naturally from lightning strikes or spontaneous combustion, most are started by the activities of people.

Real footage of the devastating Victorian wildfires that took place in February 2009.

The black Saturday bushfires were a series of fires burning across Victoria on and around the 7 February 2009. The fires occurred during extreme bushfire weather conditions, and resulted in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire, whereby 173 people died and 414 people were injured.