'Everything was just on fire': Forty years since Ash Wednesday fires | Today Show Australia

Subscribe 👉 9Soci.al/L72O50... | Today marks 40 years since the tragic Ash Wednesday bushfires tore through Victoria and South Australia.
More than 180 fires burnt across the two states, destroying more than 3700 properties and decimating about 300,000 hectares of land.
Tragically, 75 people lost their lives, including 16 volunteer firefighters.
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