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Franklin, Roger.

Inferno : the Day Victoria Burned. - Updated ed. - 266 pages [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 23 cm

'Updated to include the final recommendations from the 2009-2010 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission'--Front cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

The events of Black Saturday on February 7, 2009, produced the worst natural disaster Australia has ever seen. The extreme weather conditions, and the fact that the state was tinder dry from ongoing drought, created an inferno that caught many people by surprise by the very nature of its intensity and ferocity.

ISBN: 9781921778063 1921778067

LCCN: 2011486149

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016095875 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
2000-2099

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Wildfires--Australia--Victoria.
Forest fires--Australia--Victoria.
Fire weather--Australia--Victoria.
Natural disasters--Australia--Victoria.
Fire ecology--Australia--Victoria.
Rescue work--Australia--Victoria.
Fire ecology.
Fire weather.
Forest fires.
Natural disasters.
Rescue work.
Wildfires.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Victoria--History--21st century.
Victoria.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: SD421.34.A8 / F73 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 363.3709945