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2019 Peregian Fires: One year on | 2020 Black Summer bushfires | ABC Australia

The blaze started about 4.30 in the afternoon of Monday the 9th of September 2019 at Peregian Springs. 50kph wind gusts pushed the fire in a north-easterly direction toward the unsuspecting beachside community of Peregian Beach. At that time of the afternoon, many people were returning home from work and school. Homes from Peregian Beach to Marcus Beach (4kms) remained under heavy ember attack, as thousands of residents to the north were issued a “prepare to leave”. Subscribe ✅ and tap the notification bell 🔔 to be delivered Australian stories every day: https://bit.ly/Subscribe_ABCAustralia The entire community - hundreds of residents - fled the town with little more than what they could fit in a car … and headed to friends, family or the evacuation centres to the north and south. It caught everyone off-guard including 94-year-old (he was 93 at the time). Miraculously only one home was destroyed and another was partially damaged, with the community hailing the rural firefighters as heroes for saving the town. Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-1... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-1... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-1... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-1... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-1... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-1... Join the ABC Australia community on social media! http://abc.net.au/ Facebook:   / abc   Twitter:   / abcaustralia   Instagram:   / abcaustralia