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Bushfires occur through a number of factors:

  • arsonists
  • lit cigarettes tossed away
  • prolonged heat and/or dry weather which causes vegetation to ignite easily
  • strong, gusting winds
  • a sudden change in wind direction
  • lack of controlled burns prior to bushfire season
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