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Update On Bogong (South) Complex Fire

Breakouts in the Benambra-Hinnomunjie and Bindi areas burned through a total of 800 hectares of pasture last night

By DSE/CFA - 6th February 2003 - Back to News

Breakouts in the Benambra-Hinnomunjie and Bindi areas burned through a total of 800 hectares of pasture last night. The fires were quickly extinguished by the local CFA Brigade and CFA taskforce.

Lower temperatures and higher humidity have helped to quieten fire behaviour and give crews the opportunity to continue work on consolidating the line from north of Dargo, through the Swifts Creek area to join on the Nunniong Plateau with the eastern section of the fire.

Swifts Creek Incident controller Geoff Evans said that with more backburning today, this line should be completed very soon.

"There is still a lot of work to be done to clean up around settlements and the perimeter of the fire, but the weather should be on our side for the next few days, giving us the opportunity to consolidate what we’ve done already," Mr Evans said.

The three fires in the Snowy River National Park continue to remain unchecked and another small spot has developed south of the existing fires.

A large back burn operation is planned from the Yalmy Road on the eastern boundary of the park to assist in the protection of assets further east. The burn will be 50 - 60km in length through remote, rough country and is expected to burn out large tracts of the Snowy River National Park.

It is planned to commence the back burn this evening or tomorrow if conditions are favourable.

In the Dargo area, the main fire has been stable overnight, but two spotfires at Jones’ Track and Matheson’s Flat are still causing concern. Crews are hoping to consolidate these and bring them into the main fire today.

Operations at Dargo will be expanded over the next few days, with more resources deployed here. The American Incident Management Team will also be arriving at Dargo today to assist with planning operations.

Source: http://gippsland.com/

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