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Update On Bogong (South) Complex Fire

Firefighters continue to work hard to take advantage of kinder weather conditions

By DSE/CFA - 3rd February 2003 - Back to News

Firefighters continue to work hard to take advantage of kinder weather conditions to progress backburns and establish containment lines for community protection.

There has been low fire activity in the Dargo Valley area today, with smoke cover over the general area. There have been no reports of new fires, however some property owners have reported increased fire activity.

Construction of mineral earth breaks around assets in the Dargo area are 80 per cent completed. The remaining 20 per cent is planned to be completed in next 24 hours. Work is continuing on fallback lines.

DSE/DPI crews and equipment have been deployed to work on spotfires at Matheson’s Flat and Mount Birregun. Pre positioning of CFA resources to Dargo will occur today.

There is still active fire at the eastern end of Mount Hotham Village, but no assets are under threat. All other areas in the Mount Hotham/Dinner Plain area are now blacked out, but reconnaissance is continuing.

It has been generally quiet in the Benambra and Omeo areas, with crews still working on dozer tracks to establish breaks between public and private land. Crews are on the lookout for hotspots and more backburning is planned for asset protection in the Nunniong and Cassilis areas and north of Bindi Station.

Backburning and track construction continue in the Mount Stewart and Amboyne areas on the eastern sector of the fire, with approximately 35kms of backburning completed here.

Bulldozers and graders are currently working on the Yalmy Road fallback line in far East Gippsland. Many of these are logging industry machines provided by local contractors to help with the massive task of constructing a strategic fire break from which backburns and containment lines can be established to protect communities from the fire.

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