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NASA MODIS burned area detections from June 2016 to May 2017
Date(s)	June 2016 – June 2017
Location	Australia
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The summer of 2016–17 saw a very wet start with the fifth-wettest December on record being 76 percent above the average rainfall for the month across much of the country. This caused a significant surge in vegetation growth leading into the fire danger period.

Significant fires

See also

• List of Australian bushfire seasons

References

1. "Australia in December 2016". www.bom.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
2. "35 homes razed in NSW blazes: RFS". SBS News. SBS. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
3. Le Lievre, Kimberley; Groch, Sherryn; Brown, Andrew (18 February 2017). "Police investigate blaze near Queanbeyan as fire crews battle on". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
4. "Crews battle bushfires at Hunter's Port Stephens, Cessnock". ABC New. 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
5. Media, CFA. "Grassfire in Kellalac - CFA". CFA. Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
6. Cootes, Georgina Mitchell, Charli Shield, Isobel (2017-01-29). "One home destroyed in Currandooley bushfire". The Wimmera Mail-Times. Retrieved 2017-01-29.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

• Bushfire seasons in Australia
• 2016 wildfires
• 2017 wildfires
• 2016 disasters in Australia
• 2017 disasters in Australia
• 2010s fires in Oceania