1967 Tasmanian fires
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The 1967 Tasmanian fires were an Australian natural disaster which occurred on 7 February 1967, an event which came to be known as the Black Tuesday bushfires. They were the most deadly bushfires that Tasmania has ever experienced, leaving 64... Wikipedia
Date: February 7, 1967
Burned area: 2,642.7 square kilometres (653,025 acres)
Cause: heat wave, back-burning, arson
Deaths: 64
Location: Throughout Tasmania
Structures destroyed: 1,293 houses