Bushfires are normal events in this season in tropical and subtropical latitudes of the southern hemisphere – in Australia, Africa and South America.
Even Captain Cook noted many fires in Eastern Australia in 1770, long before the era of global warming hysteria.
What is unusual is the number and ferocity of recent Australian fires.
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