Black Saturday bushfires
Damage by locality

Black Saturday bushfires

Section Title: Damage by locality
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Summary of damage by locality (Source: 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission)

Area	Area (ha)	Fatalities	Buildings destroyed	Ignition source	Fire name/origin

Kinglake Area	180,000+	120	1,244 houses, many commercial buildings	Power lines	Kilmore East fire

Marysville Area	150,000+	39	590 houses, many commercial buildings	Unknown	Murrindindi Mill fire

Central Gippsland	32,860+	11	247 houses	Arson	Churchill-Jeeralang fire

Beechworth	30,000+	2	29 houses	Power lines	Mudgegonga fire

Bunyip State Park	24,500	0	24 houses, several other buildings	Arson/lightning suspected	Bunyip State Park fire

Wilsons Promontory	11,000+	0	None	Lightning	–

Redesdale	10,000	0	12 houses, several outbuildings	Unknown	–

Horsham	5,700	0	8 houses, several other buildings	Power lines	Remlaw fire

Weerite	1,300	0	Several outbuildings	Power lines	–

Coleraine	770	0	1 house, several outbuildings	Power lines	–

Maroondah/Upper Yarra	505	0	None	Spotting	Maroondah/Yarra complex

Bendigo	384	1	61 houses, 125 sheds and outbuildings	Arson	Maiden Gully/Bracewell Street fire

Dandenong Ranges	5+	0	Unknown, machinery	Upper Ferntree Gully fire

Totals	450,000+	173	3,500+ (2,029+ houses)

Sentence(s)

There were 173 fatalities in Black Saturday bushfires.

final_sentence: There were 173 fatalities in Black Saturday bushfires.