The fires caused Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire. Police have reduced the death toll from Victoria's bushfires on Black Saturday from 210 to 173. UPDATE 1.52pm: THE death toll from Victoria's devastating Black Saturday bushfires has been revised down to 173 from 210. The 2009 Victorian bushfires also called Black Saturday, where more than 400 bushfires that started in Victoria, Australia on February 7, 2009. The 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria caused widespread devastation and the greatest loss of life from fire since colonisation. One hundred and seventy-three people tragically lost their lives, 414 were injured, more than a million wild and domesticated animals were … Police say that 173 people died, and 414 people were taken to hospitals with bad burns. Approximately 400 fires were recorded across Victoria affecting 78 communities.
The most significant fire was the Kinglake Fire Complex, named following the merge of the Kilmore East and Murrindindi fires on 8 February. The Black Saturday fires started on 7 February 2009. New figures reveal 113 people died in houses during the Black Saturday bushfires and 27 were killed outside homes. A total of 173 people died in the fires and 2029 houses were lost.
Sarah Wotherspoon with AAP September 18, 2009 12:53am
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