AAP General News (Australia)
12-13-2006
Vic: Firefighters work to protect towns from fires
Thousands of firefighters are consolidating fire breaks and containment lines in Victoria
today .. ahead of extreme weather tomorrow.
Department of Sustainability and Environment spokesman KEVIN MONK says the bushfires
have now burned out 408 thousand hectares .. the largest being the Alpine and Gippsland
fires that merged yesterday.
Mr MONK says townships south of the fires will be under threat when conditions deteriorate
tomorrow .. with private properties in the Gippsland plains most at risk.
He says a lot of work's being done to give these towns some protection.
Meanwhile Glencairn in the state's north-east remains on high alert today as the Mt
Terrible bushfire bears down on it.
It's expected to come under ember attack in the next 24 hours.
And an alpine lodge at Mount Buffalo Resort has been destroyed by a separate outbreak.
AAP RTV cmb/gfr/jmt
KEYWORD: BUSHFIRES VIC (MELBOURNE)
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