Location Australia | Injuries Numerous | |
Burned area >180,000 ha (440,000 acres) Buildingsdestroyed 500+ total— 75 houses— 400+ non-residential structures Fatalities 5 total— 2 civilians— 2 CFA firefighters— 1 St. John Ambulance volunteer | ||
The 2005–06 Australian bushfire season was a moderately extensive bushfire season, particularly in western Victoria where they were most prominent in mid-late January 2006 as conditions permitted across the state.
January 2006
Bushfires in Victoria were prominent in mid-late January 2006 as conditions permitted across the state. With the loss of 4 lives and 57 homes. On Australia Day, a CFA volunteer died in the Victorian fires. Arsonists were charged with lighting fires that spread through western Victoria in late January. Two people died in The Grampians when their car was overcome by the Mount Lubra bushfire.
Over the month a total of 500 fires were recorded in Victoria with 359 farm buildings destroyed, stock losses of 64,000 and 1,600 square kilometres (618 sq mi) of private and public land burned out.