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Rick,Keith,Luke and Jake the Monaro strike team and Lake George strike @ the Tingah and Linton fires.
Statewide TOTAL FIRE BAN is now in force until midnight tonight.
Warm and windy weather predicted and a Total Fire Ban declared, the Fire Danger Rating across the Monaro for Tuesday 12/02 is VERY HIGH.
Hot works are not to be conducted today, and there are to be no fires lit or maintained outside/in the open. Discarding a lit cigarette from your vehicle carries a $1320 fine.
Be vigilant make sure you are prepared and if you see a fire without a fire truck please call '000' immediately.
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More lightening forecast for Friday the 8th of February.
Property owners are reminded to inspect areas impacted by lightening for a few days following the storm, as fires may pop up up to a week or so later due to lightening strike.
If you see an unattended fire, please call 000.
Black Saturday Fires, Victoria, 7th February, 2009......on the 10th Anniversary of this tragedy, we pause to remember those lost, and those that fought so bravely and hard to help others.youtube.com
With the lighting storms that hit the Monaro last night a number of small fires have started in the last few hours. They are not posing any threat to the community though access for some are proving difficult. Reminder to check your property as warmer weather with wind is forecast tomorrow. Report all fires to 000. Photo of the Yaouk Rd Fire, Adaminaby which is now contained.
Sunday 27th January at 1000hrs.
Monaro Rural Fire Brigade members are once again out working in remote areas to extinguish 2 fires that were started by lightning yesterday evening.
A fire in the Good Good (Peak View) area is contained at approx. 2 hectares. Crews from Peak View, Jerangle & Bredbo brigades, together with members of the Monaro Remote Area Firefighting Team (RAFT) and a bulldozer are currently working on breaking up, extinguishing and blacking out the hot area within the containment lines. The dozer has also assisted in being able to get RFS appliances to the actual fire. These crews will continue to work throughout the day.
A fire at Mt Tamanang (Anembo) area, in the Tallaganda National Park is also contained at approx. 1 hectare. Crews from the Anembo brigade are working on breaking up, extinguishing and blacking out this fire, ahead of the arrival of National Parks and Wildlife crews, who are due on the fireground later this morning, allowing the Anembo crews to stand down.
The Monaro & Snowy Mountains area is currently experiencing a significant amount of smoke drift, which has come in over the early hours of this morning with a southerly wind change. This smoke is coming from fires well into Victoria, and residents and visitors to the area can rest assured that it is smoke only, and there are no fires currently in the area posing any threat.
Below is a photo of the Good Good fire, supplied by Peak View brigade member, James Fitzgerald, taken yesterday evening whilst the brigade was in the process of obtaining access to the fire.
Taken from Good Good fire trial, Jerangle.
Graham West
Hayden don’t go to Bredbo.
James. That looks like my property?
Kial VanDam
Helen Burns Louis Burns that’s not far from dad and another one at Anembo
and they say that lightning doesn't strike the same place twice...
Peter Mathers
I've been watching the lightening strikes from Cooma North, scary shit. You fire warriors are doing a sterling job.
Advice
1420hrs 20/01/19
Smoke from fires on the western side of the mountains, (Geehi area) as shown in the photo below will soon start to impact some towns on Monaro. Westerly winds will push the smoke into Jindabyne, Adaminaby, Berridale, Dalgety and communities further East, depending on Westerly wind strength.
Please take all necessary measures to avoid the smoke.
Photo taken from Connors Hill, looking towards Cabramurra I believe Annie. Not sure exactly where the fire is.
Where is this?
Shirley Jackson hows tumut going
Ngaire Parkyn Chris Lees
You know it’s a decent plume/fire, when you can see it all day on the BOM Radar. Worked reloading B137 yesterday they said they’ve had some interesting drops there. Hope it holds.
Timothy O'Ryan
Bradley
The fire is on the western side of the Tooma reservoir listed in Fires Near me as Possum point fire.
Daniel King
Brock Simpson James Sullivan
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