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Remembering the Black Saturday bushfires, a decade later

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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
A bushfire at the Bunyip State Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, Vic, on Feb 7 2009 Source: AAP

Black Saturday cost 173 lives and prompted a major shift in Australia's approach to firefighting

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Black Saturday cost 173 lives and prompted a major shift in Australia's approach to firefighting

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