Bushfires in Australia are a widespread and regular occurrence that have contributed significantly to shaping the nature of the continent over millions of years. In international terminology, an Austr
Looking towards the town Swifts Creek, Victoria, in December 2006 during the Victorian Alpine fires
Intense bushfires can seriously impact the environment, such as here by the Big River, near Anglers Rest, East Gippsland, after the 2003 Victorian fires
Epicormic shoots sprouting vigorously from epicormic buds beneath the thick bushfire damaged bark of a Eucalyptus tree – one of the mechanisms evolved by plants to survive bushfires
Bushfire damage to forests in East Gippsland, Victoria from the 2003 Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires, two years after fires swept through the area, showing the recovery of trees and undergrowth
A wildfire, forest fire, brushfire or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Some natural forest ecosystems depend on wildfire. Modern forest management
Bushfires in Australia
…contributed significantly to shaping the nature of the continent over millions of years. In international terminology, an Australian bushfire is a type of wildfire, while "bushfire" remains the common Australian term for an unplanned landscape fire. Eastern Australia is one of the most fire-prone regions of the…
Wildfire burning in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, United States, in 2020. The Mangum Fire burned more than 70,000 acres (280 km2) of forest.
Lightning-sparked wildfires are frequent occurrences during the dry summer season in Nevada.
A surface fire in the western desert of Utah, United States
Charred landscape following a crown fire in the North Cascades, United States