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Anatomy of a mega blaze

Just north of Sydney in October 2019, a tree was hit by lightning. That burning tree would go on to be the source of the Gosper’s Mountain bushfire, which joined with four others to become a single mega-blaze.

Just north of Sydney in October 2019, a tree was hit by lightning. That burning tree would go on to be the source of the Gosper’s Mountain bushfire, which joined with four others to become a single mega-blaze.

This fire was only one day from reaching Sydney’s North Shore