2009 Black Saturday bushfires

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2009_Black_Saturday_bushfires

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:disaster_response
gptkbp:animalsKilled	estimated 1 million
gptkbp:areaBurned	approximately 450,000 hectares
gptkbp:causedBy	arson strong winds power line failure extreme heatwave
gptkbp:commemorates	7 February (annually)
gptkbp:date	7 February 2009
gptkbp:documentedIn	media documentaries Royal Commission Report books and survivor accounts
gptkbp:economicCost	over $4.4 billion
gptkbp:emergencyServices	gptkb:Metropolitan_Fire_Brigade gptkb:State_Emergency_Service gptkb:Australian_Defence_Force gptkb:Country_Fire_Authority
gptkbp:governmentResponse	federal and state aid provided state of disaster declared
gptkbp:homesDestroyed	over 2,000
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	2009 Black Saturday bushfires
gptkbp:impact	significant environmental damage major loss of wildlife habitat psychological trauma for survivors
gptkbp:injuries	over 400
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Victoria,_Australia
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	extensive national and international coverage
gptkbp:memorial	Black Saturday Memorial Kinglake National Park memorial
gptkbp:notableEvent	worst bushfire disaster in Australian history
gptkbp:notableSurvivor	Marysville community Kinglake community
gptkbp:notableVictim	gptkb:Brian_Naylor Ronald Barassi Sr.
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:2009_Victorian_Bushfires_Royal_Commission
gptkbp:townsAffected	gptkb:Kinglake gptkb:Strathewen gptkb:Whittlesea gptkb:Hazelwood gptkb:Healesville gptkb:Yarra_Glen gptkb:Beechworth gptkb:Narbethong gptkb:Flowerdale Marysville
gptkbp:victim	173
gptkbp:weather	temperatures above 46°C wind gusts up to 100 km/h
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lake_Mountain
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6