Remembering the Black Saturday bushfires, a decade later

It's been 10 years since Victoria's deadly Black Saturday bushfires, which cost 173 lives and prompted a major shift in Australia's approach to firefighting. Some of those affected are reflecting on the nation's most costly fires.

Black Saturday in Melbourne 2009 Source: Supplied

The fires were fanned by 100 kilometre an hour winds in 40-plus degree heat.

More than 2,000 properties were destroyed and 7,500 people were displaced.

The fires responsible for most of the deaths were linked to fallen power lines or arson.

The Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission found more than 9,000 ((9,088)) calls for help were made to Triple-0 on Black Saturday.

Helen Kenny was in charge at the St Andrews Country Fire Association station and helped shelter a number of people at the station.