Australia Burning

Thirty-four people died in Australia last year as the worst bush fires in living memory swept across the country. An area roughly the size of England was devastated and thousands of homes were destroyed. A year on, Panorama hears from the people living in the path of the fires and the firefighters who risked their lives to save them. And as this year’s fire season gets underway, Clive Myrie asks if these levels of destruction are to become normal.

Australiens torra skogar har alltid brunnit. Eucalyptusträden är anpassade till det. Men under den svarta sommaren 2019 slukade eldstormen allt i sin väg. Tretusen bostäder brann upp, minst nio människor dog. Oräkneliga vilda djur blev också lågornas offer när skogarna förvandlades till aska.