What can we learn about saving lives from studying more than a century of bushfires?
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| About 80 per cent of people killed by bushfires over the past 110 years died within 30 metres of a forest. |
A lot — but experts warn too many Australians still do not properly understand the risks and new research suggests nine in 10 Victorians in high risk areas would not follow the prevailing advice to leave early on days of high fire danger.
Read the ABC News story by Catherine Hanrahan - “What a century of bushfire data teaches us about how to save lives this summer.”
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