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Kangaroo Island bushfires
A significant proportion of Flinders Chase National Park was burnt in this bushfire event
Date(s)
6 December 2007 (2007-12-06) – 14 December 2007 (2007-12-14)
Burn scars show red in this false-colour satellite image of Kangaroo Island, South Australia taken by NASA in December 2007
The 2007 Kangaroo Island bushfires were a series of bushfires caused by lightning strikes on 6 December 2007 on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, resulting in the destruction of 95,000 hectares (230,000 acres) of national park and wilderness protection area.[1]: 4–5 The fires occurred mainly across the western side of the island near Flinders Chase National Park, Vivonne Bay, D'Estrees Bay, Western River and Riverleas.
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