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BLACK SATURDAY ANNIV RNF

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A bushfire burns in the Bunyip State Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, Saturday, Feb. 07, 2009. Authorities have issued urgent fire warnings to towns near a bushfire burning out of control east of Melbourne. (AAP Image/Andrew Brownbill) NO ARCHIVING
Bunyip Sate Forest bushfires near the townbship of Tonimbuk, Saturday, Feb.07, 2009. (AAP Image/ Andrew Brownbill) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP

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.

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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.

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