claim: The bushfires in Australia were caused by arsonists and a series of lightning strikes, not 'climate change'.
evidence: The 2007 Kangaroo Island bushfires were a series of bushfires caused by lightning strikes on 6 December 2007 on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, resulting in the destruction of 95,000 hectares ( 230,000 acres ) of national park and wilderness protection area.