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Kate Humble and Simon Reeve investigate Australia's worst wildfire season in a decade. They explore why wildfires in Australia are so frequent and hard to control.
- Programme: Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2014
- Geography | Natural Hazards | Weather Hazards
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