The start of 2015 saw South Australia get bombarded with bushfires, with volunteer and rural fire services in full swing to combat the blaze.
On January 2nd a bushfire broke out in the South Australian suburb of Sampson Flat – destroying dozens of homes and spreading over a 283km perimeter.
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Seven hundred South Australian firefighters were called upon, with reinforcements arriving from NSW on Monday 5th of January. A large volunteer department also helped to fight the blazes.
Fireman at the One Tree Hill staging area as fires continue to burn through the Adelaide Hills, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015.
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The bushfires were the worst South Australia has seen in more than three decades, dating back to the 1983 Ash Wednesday II bushfires.
A bushfire burns through scrub near Gumeracha in the Adelaide Hills. More than 30 homes are feared destroyed.
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