Accidents cause over a third of all bushfires in Australia. These accidents include:
Most of these actions can be prevented to stop accidental bushfires through awareness.
- a lit cigarette discarded from a car window
- machinery grinding metal in a paddock and generating sparks
- a tractor being driven through long dry grass
- a possum being electrocuted while crossing electrical wiring
- a broken electrical conductor on a power pole causing sparks when it comes in contact with the ground.(Bushfirearson.gov.au, 2008)
Most of these actions can be prevented to stop accidental bushfires through awareness.