Statistics

• 4,500km² 450,000ha (1,100,000acres) burned out
• Over 3,500 structures destroyed, including:
  • 2,029+houses
  • 59 commercial properties (shops, pubs, service stations, golf clubs, etc)
  • 12 community buildings (including 2 police stations, 3 schools, 3 churches, 1 fire station)
  • 399 machinery sheds, 729 other farm buildings, 363 hay sheds
  • 19 dairies, 26 woolsheds
• 25,600t (25,200LT; 28,200ST) of stored fodder and grain
• 2km² 190ha (470 acres) of standing crops
• 1680km² 168,000ha (420,000 acres) of pasture
• 8km² 735ha (1,820 acres) of fruit trees, olives and vines
• 70km² 7,000ha (17,000 acres) of plantation timber
• 39km² 3,921ha (9,690 acres) of private bushland
• 2,150 sheep, 1,207 cattle, and an unknown number of horses, goats, alpacas, poultry and pigs
• Over 10,000km of boundary and internal fencing destroyed or damaged
• Over 55 businesses destroyed
• About 211,000 tonnes of hay destroyed
• Over 11,000 livestock killed or injured
• The electricity supply was disrupted to 60,000 consumers
• Three primary schools and 3 children's services destroyed
• 950 local parks, 70 national parks and reserves, and over 600 cultural sites and historic places were destroyed
• The amount of energy released during the firestorm in the Kinglake-Marysville area was equivalent to the amount of energy released by 1,500 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.

(Left photo) Exceptional Heat Wave , NASA - Earth Observatory, 5 February 2009 ; (Right Photo) Seen from Space, Fire Damage in Victoria, Australia - SPACEINFO

Source: Statistics, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2009_Victorian_bushfires
photos: The Big Picture, The Boston.com