Australia Burns Through the Black Summer
New South Wales, Australia
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEThe source[1] dates only the start by month — "early fires in Central Queensland led to a premature start to the bushfire season from June 2019" — and names no end day, so the pin runs from 1 June 2019 to the end of February 2020, the Australian summer the season is named for.
Over ten thousand fires burnt mainly across south-eastern Australia after an exceptionally dry year, in one of the most catastrophic fire seasons on record. Fires started early, from June 2019 in Central Queensland.
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