What the records say
- When
- 2 Dec 1998
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Coordinates
- 37.68° S, 143.56° E
- Description
- 1998 bushfire in the vicinity of Linton, Victoria, Australia
- Deaths
- 5
Linton Bushfire
Natural disaster in Victoria, Australia
The Linton Bushfire was a wildfire that burned through private land and state forests near the township of Linton, Victoria, Australia on 2 December 1998. Firefighters from the Victorian state government's Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Country Fire Authority (CFA) were deployed to put out the fire.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Linton bushfire kills five volunteer firefighters in Linton, Victoria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Nearby in time and place
- Silk–Miller police murders16 Aug 1998 · Shooting · Killed 2
- Esso Longford gas explosion25 Sep 1998 · Fire
- Victoria Police officers raid Tasty, a predominantly gay nightclub in Melbourne7 Aug 1994 · Event
- Monash University shooting21 Oct 2002 · Shooting · Killed 2
- Gerogery level crossing accident27 Jan 2001 · Rail accident
- 2003 Melbourne runaway train3 Feb 2003 · Rail accident
- An attempted hijacking of Qantas Flight 1737 between Melbourne and Launceston is thwarted when a flight attendant and passengers subdue and disarm the culprit29 May 2003 · Event
- Murder of Marea Yann2003 · Murder