Determining landscape fine fuel moisture content of the Kilmore East 'Black Saturday' wildfire using spatially-extended point-based models

► The Kilmore East wildfire on Black Saturday was the deadliest in Australia's history. ► Understanding the behaviour of such high intensity bushfires is very important. ► Fine fuel moisture content (FMC) is an important determinant of bushfire behaviour. ► Non-spatial FMC models were extended to study landscape fuel moisture on the day. ► Results suggest fuel moisture across the landscape was critically low at <5%.