They left 33 people dead, 2500 homes destroyed and 7,000 buildings in rubble.
Months later, people are still rebuilding.
An independent New South Wales inquiry into the "Black Summer" bushfire disaster handed down its findings, and the state government is vowing to accept all 76 recommendations.
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