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Australian mountain bushfire scene and layers near Katoomba in the Blue Mountains National Park

Blue Mountains bushfires, such as those that have burned in Blackheath, Mt Wilson and the Grose Valley, are a key part of the ecosystem. The eucalyptus trees of the Blue Mountains have evolved to live with fire Bushfires strike the Blue Mountains, a popular escape from Sydney, on a regular basis.


Blue Mountains World Heritage and Bushfire National Parks Association of NSW

The 2019โˆ’20 bushfires across Australia have been devastating. Their extent, duration, timing and ferocity has been unprecedented. Here in the Blue Mountains the extent of the fires has greatly exceeded any previous recorded fire seasons. Over 80% of the Blue Mountains National Park has been impacted with 63% partly or fully burnt.


Blue Mountains bushfires residents recall the devastation on the eve of the anniversary ABC News

Revealed: 'monumental' NSW bushfires have burnt 20% of Blue Mountains world heritage area More than 10% of forest in NSW national parks destroyed by fire this season, with the damage to.


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The Mount Wilson backburn, which the RFS has bundled with the Gospers Mountain Fire in its damage estimates, was lit on December 14 from a point with a history of escaped fires and contrary to the.


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. In the Blue Mountains, Greater Gliders have been declining at lower elevations since the mid 1990s, a decline that has been linked to climate change and especially to the direct and.


Revealed 'monumental' NSW bushfires have burnt 20 of Blue Mountains world heritage area

NSW Bushfires Coronial Inquiry wraps as Blue Mountains locals make last-ditch appeal on back-burn - ABC News News Ticker Bushfire warning Emergency warnings are in place for a fire burning at Junma Dam and All Nations Mine (near Irvinebank) and Innot Hot Springs in QLD. Keep up to date with ABC Emergency


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Blue Mountains residents have gathered to commemorate the first anniversary of the devastating October 2013 bushfires. The tight-knit community this morning assembled to remember the horrors that.


Australia bushfires 'Mega blaze' destroys homes ahead of heatwave BBC News

The Blue Mountains is a unique world heritage area and also one of the most bush fire prone areas in the World. The population across the district is 75,000 people who live in, or in the vicinity of 27 towns and villages across the Mountains. The local government area covers 143,000 hectares of land in the Greater Sydney Region.


Australia bushfires 'Mega blaze' destroys homes ahead of heatwave BBC News

On 26 October 2019 lightning struck the drought-stricken region of Gospers Mountain in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area of New South Wales, Australia. This ignited a bushfire which ran for three months to burn-out 838,000 hectares (around 80% of the World Heritage Area) and impact an estimated 140 million reptiles, birds and mammals.


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The Greater Blue Mountains and World Heritage Area bushfire region covers 7,656,342 hectares, encompassing the Central Tablelands, Greater Sydney and Hunter Natural Resource Management regions. It includes 96 per cent of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area and 11 per cent of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area.


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Thu 16 Jan 2020 11.30 EST At least 80% of the Blue Mountains world heritage area and more than 50% of the Gondwana world heritage rainforests have burned in Australia's ongoing bushfire.


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People view smoke from bushfires in the Blue Mountains, which has engulfed Sydney, 100km away. Eastern Australia has suffered a devastating start to the summer fire season.


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One of the worst affected areas was the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, which encompasses over one million hectares of native bushland in the ranges west of Sydney. It is an area of international significance because of its exceptional floral and faunal biodiversity.


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The Blue Mountains area has faced both bushfires and wet weather activity in the last few years.(ABC News: Ross Byrne). An electrical storm hit the Blue Mountains on Wednesday;


Bushfires in the Blue Mountains

Numerous small fires burned on and off in the Blue Mountains throughout September and early October. By mid-October, more than 100 fires were burning in the area.


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The Blue Mountains tops the list of local government areas in NSW with a high bushfire insurance premium, IAG says. Credit: Nick Moir The Blue Mountains region would "compete with some of the.