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[[Image:Bushfire damage.jpg|right|thumb|New growth 2 years after the bushfire at [[Bogong High Plains|Bogong]], 2003.]]

[[Image:Bushfire damage.jpg|right|thumb|New growth 2 years after the bushfire at [[Bogong High Plains|Bogong]], 2003.]]

[[Image:Bushfires Southeastern Australia.jpg|right|thumb|Smoke from bushfires can cover a large area. This is eastern [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].]]

[[Image:Bushfires Southeastern Australia.jpg|right|thumb|Smoke from bushfires can cover a large area. This is eastern [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].]]

[[Image:Melb bush fire smoke.jpg|right|thumb|The city of [[Melbourne]] covered in smoke during the 2006-2007 bushfire season.]]

[[Image:Melb bush fire smoke.jpg|right|thumb|The city of [[Melbourne]] covered in smoke during the 2006–2007 bushfire season.]]

[[Image:Trappe fg02.jpg|right|thumb|An [[Australian bustard]] searching for food behind a bushfire.]][[Image:Ladysmith-RFS.JPG|right|thumb|[[Ladysmith, New South Wales|Ladysmith]] [[New South Wales Rural Fire Service|NSW RFS]] fire fighting tanker]]

[[Image:Trappe fg02.jpg|right|thumb|An [[Australian bustard]] searching for food behind a bushfire.]][[Image:Ladysmith-RFS.JPG|right|thumb|[[Ladysmith, New South Wales|Ladysmith]] [[New South Wales Rural Fire Service|NSW RFS]] fire fighting tanker]]

A '''bushfire''' is a [[wildfire]] that happens mostly in the Australian [[The Bush|bush]]. Bush is the word for [[scrubland|scrub]], [[woodland]] or [[grassland]] of [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]. In south east and south west of Australia, bushfires are most common in the summer and early autumn. In the north of Australia, bushfires usually happen during winter which is the dry season.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://burarra.questacon.edu.au/pages/seasons.html | title=Monsoonal Climate | accessdate=2006-09-09 | format=html | publisher=Questacon | archive-date=2012-03-21 | archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/66Kmfa8wW?url=http://burarra.questacon.edu.au/pages/seasons.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=BW>{{cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/inside/services_policy/fire_ag/bushfire/threat.htm |title= The Bushfire Threat|accessdate=2008-10-24 |format= |work= Bushfire Weather}}</ref> Many Australian plants burn easily. [[Eucalyptus]] trees have a high oil content which makes them burn.<ref name=BW/> Over the last 40 years, Australian bushfires have cost around 2.5 billion Australian dollars. In the same period, Australian bushfires caused the death of around 250 people and the destruction of 4,554 homes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ga.gov.au/hazards/bushfire/ |title=What is a bushfire |accessdate=2008-10-25 |format= |work=Geoscience Australia }}</ref>But these figures do not include the 173 people who died and the 2000 homes destroyed in the [[2009 Victorian bushfires]]. They can also kill wildlife including rare koalas.

A '''bushfire''' is a [[wildfire]] that happens mostly in the Australian [[The Bush|bush]]. Bush is the word for [[scrubland|scrub]], [[woodland]] or [[grassland]] of [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]. In south east and south west of Australia, bushfires are most common in the summer and early autumn. In the north of Australia, bushfires usually happen during winter which is the dry season.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://burarra.questacon.edu.au/pages/seasons.html | title=Monsoonal Climate | accessdate=2006-09-09 | format=html | publisher=Questacon | archive-date=2012-03-21 | archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/66Kmfa8wW?url=http://burarra.questacon.edu.au/pages/seasons.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=BW>{{cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/inside/services_policy/fire_ag/bushfire/threat.htm |title= The Bushfire Threat|accessdate=2008-10-24 |format= |work= Bushfire Weather}}</ref> Many Australian plants burn easily. [[Eucalyptus]] trees have a high oil content which makes them burn.<ref name=BW/> Over the last 40 years, Australian bushfires have cost around 2.5 billion Australian dollars. In the same period, Australian bushfires caused the death of around 250 people and the destruction of 4,554 homes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ga.gov.au/hazards/bushfire/ |title=What is a bushfire |accessdate=2008-10-25 |format= |work=Geoscience Australia }}</ref>But these figures do not include the 173 people who died and the 2000 homes destroyed in the [[2009 Victorian bushfires]]. They can also kill wildlife including rare [[Koala|koalas]].

== Bushfire Media ==

== Bushfire Media ==

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File:Burnout ops on Mangum Fire McCall Smokejumpers.jpg|Wildfire burning in the [[Kaibab National Forest]], [[Arizona]], United States, in 2020. The [[Mangum Fire]] burned more than {{convert|70,000|acres|km2}} of [[forest]].

File:Burnout ops on Mangum Fire McCall Smokejumpers.jpg|Wildfire burning in the [[Kaibab National Forest]], [[Arizona]], United States, in 2020. The [[Mangum Fire]] burned more than {{convert|70,000|acres|km2}} of [[forest]].

File:2002- Area of forest damage due to fire.svg |Over recent decades, "forest disturbance" (damage) by fire has increased in most of the planet's forest zones.

File:2002- Area of forest damage due to fire.svg |Over recent decades, "forest disturbance" (damage) by fire has increased in most of the planet's forest zones.

File:UC Irvine scientist James Randerson discusses new research linking ocean temperatures and fire seasons severity.ogv|Video to explain how increasing [[ocean temperature]]s are linked to fire-season severity.

File:UC Irvine scientist James Randerson discusses new research linking ocean temperatures and fire seasons severity.webm|Video to explain how increasing [[ocean temperature]]s are linked to fire-season severity.

File:Healthy Hillsides - a project in Rhondda Cynon Taf between NRW and Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.webm|A short video on managing and protecting the natural habitat between a town and the hillside, from the risk of fire.

File:Healthy Hillsides - a project in Rhondda Cynon Taf between NRW and Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.webm|A short video on managing and protecting the natural habitat between a town and the hillside, from the risk of fire.