 On 2 January 2020, the ACT declared a state of alert; that was extended on 12 January as the merged Dunns Road fire burnt from the Territory's south-west border.Smoke from nearby bushfires continued to severely impact Canberra's air quality intermittently throughout January 2020.From at least 6 January 2020 a bushfire near Hospital Hill in the Namadgi National Park had started; it was extinguished on 9 January.