在澳大利亚高的死亡人数

 The Bushfires Royal Commission learned on Thursday that many bushfire victims died during the nation's deadliest bushfire only because they fled their home too late when the fire swept through their neighborhood.

    Social scientist Katharine Haynes, who studied the cause of the victims, told the bushfires commission in Melbourne that there was significant evidence that the contentious stay and defend, or leave early policy was not well understood, was the main cause for many of more than 200 victims killed in the February bushfire in Victoria.

    The policy urges residents in bushfire areas to either leave their homes "well before" they are under threat, or stay and defend, but not to flee when fire is upon them.

    But evidence from her research showed people mistakenly used heavy smoke or flames as the trigger to go, or waited for advice from authorities.

    Actually, late evacuation was a dangerous response, and well prepared houses can be successfully defended from bushfires.

    Haynes told the commission that of the 552 recorded bushfire deaths in Australia up until the end of 2007, 31.9 percent were the result of late evacuations, according to a report by Australian Associated Press.

    But she also said a further 26.3 percent died defending their properties outside, while 8.3 percent died inside their properties.

    Haynes was called to give evidence as the commission examines the contentious stay or go bushfire policy, which was heavily scrutinized in the aftermath of Black Saturday in February.

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