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The bush fire season in 2019/2020 was the most destructive in NSW history.
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Fires in the Riverina, January 2020

The devastating Snowy Mountain and Greater Hume bush fires have been the “hardest and most complex in size and resources” in Bradley Stewart's 25 years of service.

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Drought causes the landscape to be very dry and bush fires spread easily.

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  • Fighting fires,
  • Fire in the environment,
  • Major bush fires,
  • Respond,
  • Black Summer 2019/2020

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Actor Ben Lawson, who has starred in Modern Family, Firefly Lane, 13 Reasons Why, wrote this poem in Los Angeles where he has lived since 2008, as a love letter to his burning homeland.
On January 10, the NSW RFS produced fire prediction maps for all the active firegrounds.
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From 1 July 2019 to 25 October 2019, NSW averaged 1,000 fires a month.