Black Saturday

Black Saturday Bushfire Timeline

Date7th February 2009

Death TollDeaths:173 people

BunyipTime:3:00 amWhat Happened:Bunyip fire breaches control

lines

BunyipTime:7:00 amWhat Happened:Bunyip fire water-bombed

Kangaroo Ground TowerTime:12:08 pmWhat Happened:Colleen Keating spots the

Kilmore East fire

ClonbinaneTime:12:16 pmWhat Happened:Fire reported in Clonbinane

HorshamTime:12:33 pmWhat Happened:Fire crews deployed to attend

fires around Horsham

ColeraineTime:12:36 pmWhat Happened:Grass fire breaks out North-

West

Hume HighwayTime:12:45 pmWhat Happened:CFA close Hume Highway

Hume HighwayTime:1:58 pmWhat Happened:Fire jumps Hume Highway

ChurchillTime:2:05 pmWhat Happened:Urgent threat message for

Churchill fire

Murrindindi MillTime:2:59 pmWhat Happened:A fire at Murrindindi Mill is

reported

Great Dividing RangeTime:3:30 pmWhat Happened:The firefront moves across the

Great Dividing Range

HumevaleTime:3:35 pmWhat Happened:Spotting reported in

Humevale

MurrindindiTime:3:45 pmWhat Happened:Water-bombing ineffective on

Murrindindi fire

Kinglake WestTime:4:00 pmWhat Happened:Ember attack on Kinglake

west reported

St AndrewsTime:4:19 pmWhat Happened:First warning for St Andrews

broadcast on ABC

KinglakeTime:4:55 pmWhat Happened:Power failure in Kinglake.

Smoke soon pours from St Andrews

MarysvilleTime:5:05 pmWhat happened:Marysville residents told to

enact bushfire plans

KinglakeTime:5:30 pmWhat Happened:Kinglake under heavy ember

attack

MarysvilleTime:6:00 pmWhat Happened:Marysville residents start to

gather on oval as fire front approaches

BeechworthTime:6:09 pmWhat Happened:Reports of fire activity

MarysvilleTime:6:30 pmWhat happened:Wind change arrives in

Marysville

MarysvilleTime:6:50 pmWhat Happened:Embers start to fall on

Marysville

Kinglake Time:7:20 pmWhat HappenedKinglake town burnt6 dead

MarysvilleTime:8:52 pmWhat Happened:All but a few buildings lost in

Marysville

MudgegongaTime:10:00 pmWhat Happened:Beechworth fire reaches

Mudgegonga

MarysvilleTime:11:45 pmWhat Happened:Everyone safe in Marysville