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Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by keanzu on Friday January 10, 2020 @01:52PM (#22013900)
Exactly: the combination of size and proximity to populated areas makes this unusual. Unbelievably there was a bushfire in 1974/75 Central Australia which consumed ~117M hectares yet went UNNOTICED until after it burned out.
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Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by edzillion on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:45PM (#22014599)
Unnoticed by whom?
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