The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_bushfires" id="mwtg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Black Friday bushfires">Black Friday bushfires</a> burn <span about="#mwt47" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"20,000"},"2":{"wt":"km2"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwtw" typeof="mw:Transclusion">20,000 square kilometres (7,700</span><span about="#mwt47" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt47">sq</span><span about="#mwt47" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt47">mi)</span> of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.