The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across Victoria on Saturday, 7 February 2009.
The fires occurred during extreme bushfire-weather conditions and resulted in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire; 173 people died and 414 were injured. This was Australia's worst ever bush fire disaster.
Shortly before 12.30pm on that dreadful day, a fire started on farmland, 5 km northwest of Coleraine, strong winds pushed a power line into a tree.
The fast moving grassfire burnt more than 750 hectares, destroying a house and the town's Avenue of Honour. A local man was badly burned while helping a farmer move livestock out of harm's way. The man suffered burns to 50% of his body.
The fire threatened to burn through the township, but a wind change around 2pm pushed the fire to the northeast instead.
Neighbourhood Safer Places were established in a number of high risk locations following the Black Saturday Royal Commission. NSPs will not guarantee a person's safety - they are places of last resort to shelter during a fire front when all other plans have failed.
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