A bushfire broke out under suspicious circumstances in the outer suburb of Pink Lake in Esperance on 4 February. 50 firefighters and two fixed wing waterbombers were required to contain the blaze. The fire burnt through an area of over and one home was destroyed in the blaze. Another fire broke on 5 February out near Boddington and burnt out of control destroying a cottage. An area over was burnt out before the fire was contained. Fires broke out south east of Byford on the South Western Highway in Whitby on 12 February. An emergency warning was issued as the fire headed toward the Darling Range through thick forest with a scattering of houses. Another fire started 13 February near the Blackwood River near Southampton and then burnt out of control through the surrounding forest before destroying two homes, including the historic Southampton Homestead, and near Bridgetown. More fires broke out 15 February including one north of Australind near Leschenault that threatened homes and properties. Another further south near Kin Kin which had started earlier in the week from lightning strikes had burnt through of bushland. Human remains were found in a shack in Kin Kin on 15 February. Lightning started a fire near Bindoon on 21 February and quickly burnt through of bushland pushed by strong winds and threatening nearby homes. The blaze was brought under control the following day when favourable weather conditions prevailed. A volunteer fire-fighter was killed on 22 February while cleaning up after a fire in Quindanning about south east of Perth. The man was hit by a falling branch and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced as dead on arrival. Fires threatened homes in Upper Swan on 26 February before being brought under control by over 70 fire-fighters. Residents were evacuated as the blaze consumed of bushland. More fires started on 28 February at Shady Hills in Bullsbrook and the western end of Walyunga National Park. Over 200 fire-fighters were required to bring the blaze under control by the following day, but not before the blaze burned out over  of bushland. On 27 March, a bushfire at Dereel, south of Ballarat destroyed 16 houses and 18 sheds. Four firefighters required hospital treatment for minor burns and smoke inhalation. The fire, which covered , was brought under control in the evening. On 9 May, a private burn-off north of Cherryville in the Adelaide Hills escaped the landowner's control and burnt east into inaccessible countryside. More than 250 Country Fire Service volunteers and four aerial water bombers took three days to contain the fire, assisted by rain on the evening of the third day.