Bushfire
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| Location | shrubland | ||||
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| Said to be the same as | scrub fire | ||||
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English: A bushfire is a wildfire that occurs in the forests, scrubs, woodlands or grasslands of Australia or New Zealand. In the southeast, bushfires tend to be most common and most severe, during summer and autumn, in drought years, and particularly in El Niño years.
An image depicting the "Red Tuesday" Gippsland bushfire of 1898
Otididae species behind a bushfire, Carnavon National Park, Queensland, Australia
