<page_title> Bushfires in Australia </page_title> <section_title> Major bushfires in Australia </section_title> <table> <cell> Black Saturday bushfires <col_header> Fire </col_header> <col_header> ha </col_header> </cell> <cell> 7 February 2009 – 14 March 2009 <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> 173 <col_header> Fatalities </col_header> </cell> </table>
During the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, 173 people lost their lives.