Forster HR burn / 16.8.2023 / Great Lakes Advocate

Fire and Rescue NSW along with RFS units conducted a fuel reduction burn over about six hectares of Boundary Street Hill.

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00:00 So the fire has just hit some dry blady grass, as you can see fire behaviour has picked up

00:09 a bit but that's to be as expected.

00:12 Once it starts burning into this lower fuel, surface fuels, it will die down and continue

00:18 burning as normal.

00:19 [Fire crackling]

00:39 [Fire crackling]

01:07 Just here in Eastern sector, just working to get this containment line established.

01:12 Forecast for a pretty decent nor'easter later this afternoon, so plan is to get this locked

01:18 in before it hits.

01:20 But as you can see everything is still burning quite nicely and under prescription.

01:24 [Fire crackling]

01:40 So just located on North sector on the APZ behind the houses.

01:47 Just completed ignition along here, working with the crew from 295, there they are there.

01:53 And we've got a 20 metre section to go before ignition will be complete.

01:58 [Fire crackling]

02:09 [Birds chirping]

02:17 [BLANK_AUDIO]