Black+Saturday

Black Saturday Black Saturday was a tragic bush fire that happened in 2009 and killed 173 people and injured more than 500. More than 2,000 homes were destroyed, not to mention 7500 people were left homeless. On February 7, Victorians were told to brace themselves for the “worst day” in the states history, weather forecasters warned of a record heart wave with temperatures soring up to 46.4 ºC, combined with gale-force winds of up to 90 km/hr. They did brace themselves, but no one saw the tragedy that was to come.