2007–08 Australian bushfire season

The Australian bushfire season over the summer of 2007–2008, experienced fire occurrence below average for the season as some regions experienced increased rainfall and reduced fuel as a result of extensive fires during the previous 2006–07 season, particularly in Victoria where the fires in the 2006–07 season burnt over 1.1 million hectares of land. Fires in Victoria during the 2007–08 season burnt less than a fifth of the land area usually burnt during an average bushfire season.

2007–08 Australian bushfire season
NASA MODIS burned area detections from June 2007 to May 2008
Date(s)Winter (June) 2007 – Autumn (May) 2008
LocationAustralia
Statistics
Burned area>100,000 ha (250,000 acres)
Impacts
Deaths5 total
  • 1 DSE volunteer firefighter
  • 4 other
Structures destroyed3+ total
  • 3+ houses
  • numerous non-residential structures

An analysis of bushfires in Victoria on public land by the Department of Sustainability and Environment revealed that the 2007–08 fires burnt 32,368 hectares, or 18.7% of the long-term average of 173,152 hectares. It was also estimated that 26% of these fires were caused by lightning strikes and 25% by arson.

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