🕯️ Ash Wednesday — We Remember Today we remember the 75 lives lost during the devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983. 📅 16 February 1983 🔥 180 fires tore through Victoria and South Australia 💨 Winds reached 110 km/h, fast-moving, uncontrollable fire 🏠 3,700 buildings destroyed or damaged 🏡 2,545 families lost their homes 💰 4,540 insurance claims totaling $176 million (over $400 million total loss in 1983 values) 🚒 The emergency saw an extraordinary response, with around 130,000 fire
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🕯️ Ash Wednesday — We Remember Today we remember the 75 lives lost during the devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983. 📅 16 February 1983 🔥 180 fires tore through
Devon Meadows Fire Brigade. . 🕯️ Ash Wednesday — We Remember Today we remember the 75 lives lost during the devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983. 📅 16 February 1983 🔥 180 fires tore through Victoria and South Australia 💨 Winds reached 110 km/h, fast-moving, uncontrollable fire 🏠 3,700 buildings destroyed or damaged ...
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40 years ago today, 28 people in South Australia lost their lives in the devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires. Report in 7NEWS Adelaide at 4pm and 6pm | www.7NEWS.com.au #7NEWS | 7NEWS Adelaide
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Today marks 40 years since the tragic Ash Wednesday bushfires tore through Victoria and South Australia, one of the nation's worst blazes to date. #9Today | WATCH LIVE 5.30am | TODAY
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“I remember that day as it if it was yesterday…” February 16 has been declared Bushfire Resilience Day across South Australia, with a service to honour those who lost their lives on Ash Wednesday 40 years ago. Rob Sandford, who was a volunteer during the devastating period says the day is an opportunity to remember the tragic losses. | ABC News
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