title: 2016–17 Australian bushfire season
text: # 2016–17 Australian bushfire season
  
  The summer of 2016–17 saw a very wet start with the fifth-wettest December on record being 76 percent above the average rainfall for the month across much of the country. This caused a significant surge in vegetation growth leading into the fire danger period.
  
  ## Significant fires
  
  | State | Start date | Deaths | Injuries | Res. houses lost | Other structures lost | Area (ha) | Local govt. | Impacted communities | Duration |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | NSW | 11 February 2017 | | | 35 | | 52,000+ ha | Warrumbungle | Uarbry | 3 days |
  | NSW | 17 February 2017 | 0 | 0 | 11 destroyed; 12 damaged. | | 3,500 ha | | Carwoola, Captains Flat | 2 days |
  | WA | 26 January 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | Capel | Gwindinup Argyle | |
  | WA | 21 December 2016 | | | | | 2,000 ha | Gingin Dandaragen | Mimegarra Cataby Regans Ford Red Gully | |
  | NSW | | | | | | 6,500 | Port Stephens | Port Stephens | |
  | VIC | 5 Jan 2017 | | | | | 150 | | Kellalac | |
  | VIC | 24 Dec 2016 | | | | | 150 | | Bridgewater | |
  | ACT | 24 Jan 2017 | | | | | 2,450 | | Tarago | |
  