Burned area 260,000 hectares Fatalities 12 | Start date February 1, 1898 | |
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Location South Gippsland, Victoria | ||
The Red Tuesday bushfires took place on 1 February 1898 in South Gippsland, Victoria. The bushfires claimed 12 lives, destroyed over 2,000 buildings and affected about 15,000 people, leaving 2,500 homeless. A total area of 2,600 square kilometres (1,004 sq mi) of bushland and farmland was destroyed by the fires.
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