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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...tree on the way out." Eventually, Collins spotted the faint headlights of another car through the haze and followed it up the windy road to a pub where she, her son and other Flowerdale residents stayed briefly before they were evacuated to Yea, a nearby town. The couple's weatherboard home burnt to the ground. "Nothing was salvageable," says Minten. Still, the family was lucky. Many others died that day trying to escape the way that Collins did, crashing into trees that were impossible to see in the smoke. (See pictures of the deadly 2009 wildfires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Year After Fires, Australia Debates What Went Wrong | 2/7/2010 | See Source »

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