2015 Scotsburn Bushfire (VIC)
The 2015 Scotsburn fire broke out around 3pm on Saturday 19 December when a Finns Road paddock was being slashed by a local landowner. Scotsburn resident, Roger Skimming, was convicted of failing to carry adequate fire-fighting equipment on the tractor he was using, which the court found could have suppressed the blaze before it took off.
The bushfire tore through 4,000 hectares of land and burnt 12 houses.