Bushfires 2017.

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

Hope every body in the Coolum area is safe.
Bit of a problem there ATM.

[Bird]

http://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/?gclid=CIKEuMKKztECFU0FKgodgPEIsA

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

http://www.9news.com.au/National/2017/01/19/15/50/Grassfire-closes-Sunshine-Coast-motorway

[Bird]

http://www.9news.com.au/National/2017/01/19/15/50/Grassfire-closes-Sunshine-Coast-motorway

that's qld, nobody cares

[Bird]

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/house-eight-cars-destroyed-in-grassfire-at-heathcote-20170128-gu0moh.html

A house and eight cars have been destroyed in a grassfire at Heathcote on Saturday, which is believed to have been caused by a lawnmower.

Firefighters were called to the blaze in Yemm Lane about 3.20pm.

A CFA spokesman said about 20 trucks were sent to the fire.

It had burned through 12 hectares and was not yet under control at 6pm.

The spokesman said one house in Yemm Lane was destroyed in the fire.

More to come.

[Pete79]

Police have laid charges on the little fire bug.
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/02/09/12/35/boy-13-arrested-over-queensland-bushfire?app=applenews

[Bird]

sounding extremely hard core out there... hopin all up north are ok

http://www.theage.com.au/environment/nsw-bushfires-rural-fire-service-issues-emergency-warnings-as-bushfires-head-for-towns-20170212-gub217.html

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

sounding extremely hard core out there... hopin all up north are ok

http://www.theage.com.au/environment/nsw-bushfires-rural-fire-service-issues-emergency-warnings-as-bushfires-head-for-towns-20170212-gub217.html

Ditto.

[grc]

^^^
Ditto x2

CHEERS GRC 

[Bird]

how.... why?

7:10pm

Three arrested for lighting fires

Three people have been arrested for lighting fires during the state's total fire ban.

A 13-year-old boy was arrested on Saturday afternoon after he allegedly started a grass fire in Orange that prompted the evacuation of an animal shelter.

A 40-year-old man was arrested at the scene of a bushfire at Mangrove Creek on the central coast just after midnight on Sunday.

And a 32-year-old man was arrested at Nabiac on the mid-North coast on Sunday afternoon after two fires were deliberately lit.

[glenm64]

From a wet West Coast hope everyone is ok
Scary weather over east ATM


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[Bird]

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/firefighters-to-assess-property-loss-as-nsw-bushfire-threat-downgraded-20170212-gub8um.html

A small town in central western NSW has been "all but wiped out" in a bushfire that ravaged the area, a resident claims, as firefighters continue to battle more that 80 blazes burning across the state.

The immediate threat to property from bushfires was downgraded early on Monday morning following cooler and calmer conditions overnight, but firefighters have warned the danger period is not yet over.

At least one farmer, Warren Jarvis, reported that his house was "totally gone" when a fire raced over the hill near his property near Cassilis and went "mad".

"My house and all my property is totally gone. Three greyhounds, other cats, all my chooks, probably my sheep and cattle," he said.

Dozens of properties are believed to have been damaged or destroyed, but the NSW Rural Fire Service said it could not provide a precise figure until Building Impact Assessment Teams inspected fire-ravaged areas on Monday to determine the extent of the loss.

A resident of the small town of Uarbry, east of Dunedoo, told the ABC that the town had been "all but wiped out" in a bushfire on Sunday. That bushfire, which the RFS has called the Sir Ivan Fire, had burned about 41,650 hectares by Monday morning and was not yet contained.

Uarbry consists of only about 12 buildings, most of which were no longer standing, residents claimed.

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