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2005–06 Australian bushfire season
NASA MODIS burned area detections from June 2005 to May 2006
Date(s)	Winter (June) 2005 – Autumn (May) 2006
Location	Australia
Statistics
Burned area	>180,000 ha (440,000 acres)
Impacts
Deaths	5 total 2 CFA firefighters 1 St. John Ambulance volunteer 2 other
Non-fatal injuries	Numerous
Structures destroyed	500+ total 75 houses 400+ non-residential structures
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A moderately extensive bushfire season, particularly in western Victoria where fires were most prominent, occurred in mid-late January 2006 as conditions persisted across the state.

Timeline

January 2006

Bushfires in Victoria were prominent in mid-late January 2006 as conditions permitted across the state. With the loss of 4 lives and 57 homes. On Australia Day, a CFA volunteer died in the Victorian fires. Arsonists were charged with lighting fires that spread through western Victoria in late January. Two people died in The Grampians when their car was overcome by the Mount Lubra bushfire.

Over the month a total of 500 fires were recorded in Victoria with 359 farm buildings destroyed, stock losses of 64,000 and 1,600 square kilometres (618 sq mi) of private and public land burned out.

Fires of note

References

1. "Bushfire deaths inquest begins". The Courier. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
2. "Bushfire history". Victoria State Government. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
3. ^ Smith, Ross (12 July 2006). Debrief Outcomes Significant Victorian Fires; December 2005 – January 2006 (PDF). Country Fire Authority. pp. 74–100. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
4. Jackson, Andra (4 January 2006). "Cost of Stawell fire grows as aid effort starts". The Age. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
5. "Stawell-Deep Lead New Year's Eve fires remembered". Stawell Times-News. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
6. "Generous support coming in for farmers affected by bushfires". dpi.nsw.gov.au. NSW Department of Primary Industries. 6 January 2006. Archived from the original on 18 September 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
7. ^ "Section 44 Fires" (PDF). Bush Fire Bulletin. 28 (1). NSW Rural Fire Service: 2–17. 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
8. "Former Junee Mayor reflects on 10 year anniversary of New Year's Day bushfire". Australia: ABC News. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
9. "Volunteer dies near bushfires". The Age. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
10. "Volunteer dies as bushfire fight continues". Australia: ABC News. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
11. "Bushfire deaths inquest begins". Ballarat Courier. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
12. Stewart McArthur, Member for Corangamite (27 February 2006). "Victoria: January Bushfires – Grievance Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. pp. 60–62.
13. Murphy, Matthew; Meaghan Shaw (23 January 2006). "Residents flee endangered towns". The Age. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
14. "Firefighter killed in rollover". The Age. 23 January 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
15. Russell, Mark (19 February 2006). "Family mourns firefighting wife, mother". The Age. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
16. "Firefighter dies battling Vic. blaze". safirefighter.com. SA Firefighter. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
17. Evans, Chris (13 March 2006). "Snake Valley bushfire a threat". The Age. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
18. "Crews continue to fight Vic fires". Australia: ABC News. 13 March 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

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