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Bushfires
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 | Flickr | Bushfires happen every year in Australia. |
 | Flickr | Bushfires happen in country areas. Sometimes they start in forests. Sometimes they start in grass. |
 | Flickr | In 2019 and 2020 there have been bad bushfires. The bushfires have been in every state. |
 | Flickr | In the years before the bushfires there was very little rain. This is called a drought. |
 | Flickr | In late 2019 there were also very high temperatures. It was the hottest summer on record. |
 | Flickr | The country was hot and dry. This made it easy to burn. |
 | Flickr | Lots of fires started in December 2019. Some fires were started by lightning. Other fires were started by people or by accidents. |
 | Flickr | Hot, dry winds made the fires spread. |
 | Flickr | The firefighters came to fight the bushfires. They wanted to stop them. But the bushfires were very hot and fast. |
 | Flickr | In early January, more fires started. The land was still dry and hot, and these fires were also very hard to fight. |
 | Flickr | The bushfires spread over lots of places. Sometimes they burned through houses. People lost everything in their house as well. |
 | Flickr | Some people died in the bushfires. Some firefighters died, trying to stop the fires. |
 | Flickr | Lots of animals also died in the fires. Others were badly injured. |
 | Flickr | Some animals are still alive, but they have lost their homes, their food and their water. |
 | Flickr | The fires have burned for over a month. They destroyed lots of forests, animals, land and farms. |
 | Flickr | People are worried about how much more damage might happen before summer ends. |
 | Flickr | Lots of people think the bushfires will get worse in the future because of global warming. |