Firefighting crew build containment lines as Grampians bushfire continues to burn

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Fire crews are building containment lines around the fires still burning in the Grampians National Park. Video by Forest Fire Management Victoria was published December 30 at 11am.

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00:00So, after experiencing some challenging conditions on Boxing Day, we've experienced some milder

00:04conditions in the subsequent days.

00:07Crews have been able to implement some more defensive strategy and start to stabilise

00:10the incident.

00:11As you can see behind me, the fire is still going and still poses a risk to some communities

00:16like Halls Gap.

00:17The smoke will be from our operational tactics, including burning out and backburning, but

00:23crews are monitoring and working on this so that we can join the fire into accessible

00:28tracks.

00:29Backburning and burning out operations so that we can bring the fire to a control line

00:33where we can safely contain the fire.

00:35Other tactics that we might use is putting in our own control lines using machinery such

00:39as bulldozers or crews doing hand lines on RACOs.

00:43What we're doing with this is removing the fuel from the fire, creating safe and accessible

00:47access so that our crews can get in and contain fire and make it safe.

00:51We have specialised crews that remove hazardous trees, particularly around roadsides, so that

00:56we can allow emergency services to access the fire ground safely.

01:00You will see aircraft in the area, they are gathering intelligence to feed back to ground

01:04crews and doing waterbombing where required.

01:06You'll continue to see this over the coming days and weeks.

01:09We'd like to express our gratitude to our peers at Forest Fire Management Victoria,

01:13as well as CFA, Fire Rescue Victoria, interstate crews that have come to help, as well as other

01:18emergency services.

01:20We'd also like to thank the communities for their kindness, patience and support as we

01:23work through the incident.

01:25This is an extended incident and we are experiencing warm conditions.

01:28We have a long summer ahead of us.

01:30If you're concerned about smoke, head to the VicEmergency app for the latest updates.

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