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Bushfires hitting Victoria as residents and firefighters hope cooler weather will prevail
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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11/17/2024
Firefighters hope cooler conditions will help them get on top of two out of control bushfires in Victoria
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Now the wind is really picking up as forecast and that's going to pose problems for the
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firefighters out there on the fire field.
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That fire is still not under control and they're going to face a lot of challenges in what
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is really, really difficult terrain, thick bushland, inaccessible country.
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And the intensity of the fire that we saw yesterday, we hope we don't see a repeat today,
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but the intensity was really quite something and I did speak to Peter Irving who's the
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group officer with the Eden Hope Fire Brigade and he described just how ferocious the fire
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was.
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I've seen plenty of fires like that but the thing about it yesterday that struck me the
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most was how quick it ran through the bluegums and then once it got into Crown, how dry the
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Crown forests were, the spots were just lighting up as quick as they hit the ground.
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So this weekend, Saturday, Sunday coming, we have another couple of warm days and windy
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weather before that so it's going to be imperative for the firefighters to do what they can to
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get on top of this fire before that warm weather arrives but as I said, it's a real challenge
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because of the terrain, the inaccessibility of it, they've got a lot of difficulties in
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front of them.
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