Bushfires: people wait for flames

By Peter Hannam
Updated February 19 2018 - 12:36pm, first published February 14 2018 - 9:00am
Waiting for flames: Research has found people impacted by bushfires often wait to see flames. Photo: Dean Sewell, Sir Ivan Bushfire in Dunedoo, NSW Central Tablelands.
Waiting for flames: Research has found people impacted by bushfires often wait to see flames. Photo: Dean Sewell, Sir Ivan Bushfire in Dunedoo, NSW Central Tablelands.

People tend to delay preparations to defend themselves or confirm the need to leave before a bushfire until they can observe the blaze directly, research into three major fires has found.

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