Black Saturday Bushfire Timeline
Black Saturday
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Black Saturday . Bushfire Timeline. Date. 7 th February 2009. Death Toll. Deaths: 173 people. Bunyip. Time: 3:00 am What Happened: Bunyip fire breaches control lines. Bunyip. Time: 7:00 am What Happened: Bunyip fire water-bombed. Kangaroo Ground Tower. Time: 12:08 pm - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
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