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Fire Threat Reduced At Tubbut

The Bowens Track fire has burned through 1700ha of bush

By DSE/CFA - 24th January 2003 - Back to News

The Bowens Track fire near Tubbut in the north east of Gippsland has burned through 1700ha of bush, with several spotovers into private property.

Containment lines around the fire have stopped the spread and work is now continuing on blacking out within these containment lines.

Incident Controller, Steve de Voogd said that there has been a fantastic team effort on this fire, with crews from DSE/DPI, the CFA, Parks Victoria, Willmott Forestry contractors and the New Zealand contingent all contributing to the suppression of the fire.

"They did such a good job yesterday afternoon when we had a spotfire that grew very fast in a short time, but was contained quickly with dozers," Mr de Voogd said.

"The effort by the whole team has been sensational, especially in the difficult conditions we’ve been experiencing with constant wind changes."

Source: http://gippsland.com/

Published by: news@gippsland.com

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