|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| Serious forest fires in the Otways are started by careless logging practices |
|
In January/February 2000 two forest fires were started by bark heaps in logged forest catching alight in the Otways. These fires occurred at Kennedys Creek and Mount McKenzie Track. Many fires are apparently unreported by the media, as they are extinguished before they pose a serious threat
FIRE CREWS BATTLE LOGGING SITE BLAZE Nearly 200
firefighters were last night working to control a blaze that broke out
at a logging site in the Otway Ranges on Tuesday night. The fire burnt
about 80 hectares of native forest south of Kennedy’s Creek, 40 kilometres
south-west of Colac, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment
said. The department’s State Fire Co-ordinator, Mr. Richard Alder, said
crews expected to have the fire controlled by this morning. |
