2023 Darling Downs fires

2023 Darling Downs fires
Date(s)23 October 2023 - 7 November 2023
LocationDarling Downs, Queensland, Australia
Statistics
Burned area27000 acres burned
Land useUrban/rural fringe areas, farmland and forest reserves
Impacts
Deaths2
Non-fatal injuriesUnknown
Structures destroyed46 buildings destroyed
DamageUnknown
Ignition
CauseUndetermined

The 2023 Darling Downs fires was an Australian bushfire that began on 23 October 2023 after emergency warnings were issued for multiple bushfires in the Darling Downs region but particularly concentrated in the Western Downs Region and in Milmerran Woods. More than 40 fires burned across Darling Downs, with two fatalities in the town of Tara.

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