1980 Ash Wednesday bushfires

Series of bushfires in Australia January 2016 July 2026 Ash Wednesday I Adelaide Hills, South Australia -34.91 138.71 title,inline region:AU_type:city $34,000,000 1980 2 20 yes 3770 ha mi2 on Faulty power lines, arson, and negligence after years of extreme drought 51 homes 25 outbuildings 75 farms damaged 40 civilians Australia South Australia The first Ash Wednesday fires were a series of bushfires that began in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, on Ash Wednesday, 20 February 1980.http://www.atlas.sa.gov.au/go/resources/atlas-of-south-australia-1986/environment-resources/natural-hazards Natural Hazards dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090211162758/http://www.atlas.sa.gov.au/go/resources/atlas-of-south-australia-1986/environment-resources/natural-hazards 11 February 2009 dmy 51 homes and 25 other buildings were destroyed, including the Anglican Christ Church, Longwood,Mount Barker Parish Diocese of The Murray https://murray.anglican.org/parishes/mount-barker-parish 2021-02-08 murray.anglican.org 8 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210208121033/https://murray.anglican.org/parishes/mount-barker-parish dead and 75 farms were affected. 40 people were injured, with 150 left homeless. The fire burnt an area of 3770 ha mi2 on,http://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/site/education/schooleducation/bushfire_history.jsp CFS :: Bushfire History 2010-08-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100829053559/http://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/site/education/schooleducation/bushfire_history.jsp 29 August 2010 and caused an estimated $34,000,000 damage.http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/9d804be3fb07ff5cca256d1100189e22/4b698fde4f114d57ca256d3300057bcc?OpenDocument Adelaide Hills, SA: Bushfires 30 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20080918193547/http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/9d804be3fb07ff5cca256d1100189e22/4b698fde4f114d57ca256d3300057bcc?OpenDocument 18 September 2008 dead dmy-all In 1983, after the Ash Wednesday fires in February that year, the 1980 fire became known in South Australia as the "first" Ash Wednesday, or Ash Wednesday I. References 1980s South Australia Category:Arson in Australia Ash Wednesday bushfires 1980 Ash Wednesday bushfires, 1980 Ash Wednesday bushfires, 1980 Ash Wednesday bushfires Ash Wednesday bushfires