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| Australia bushfires live: NSW, Victoria and South Australian fires flare amid extreme conditions – latest updates | |
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| Exhausted firefighters on Kangaroo Island continue to battle blazes while there are fears bushfires could merge in NSW and Victoria. Follow the latest news and live updates | Exhausted firefighters on Kangaroo Island continue to battle blazes while there are fears bushfires could merge in NSW and Victoria. Follow the latest news and live updates |
| An emergency warning has been issued for a grass fire out of control at Beechworth-Wodonga Rd, Wodonga. | |
| The fire is travelling in an easterly direction towards Baranduda. | |
| The Bureau of Meteorology in Victoria has cancelled its severe thunderstorm warning for the East Gippsland and north-east districts. The immediate threat of thunderstorms has passed but warnings could still be issued if the situation changes, Bom says. | |
| Rain has fallen across Kangaroo Island today, and the warning levels have been reduced, but properties have still been lost and firefighters injured, AAP reports. | |
| Assessments are underway, but some homes are believed lost at Vivonne Bay while the town of Parndana was spared for a second time, despite fire bearing down on it from several directions. | |
| Both towns had been evacuated amid emergency warnings and the escalating danger. | |
| Two Country Fire Service trucks were involved in burn-overs and two more CFS personnel were injured, taking the total hurt on Kangaroo Island to 22. | |
| Nine News is reporting people in Mogo were being denied disaster payments from Centrelink because the maps the government has show the fires didn’t burn near their properties.As usually happens with these things, the people featured in the story were given their payments after media intervened. | |
| Another aerial shot of the Sydney protest. | Another aerial shot of the Sydney protest. |
| Daniel Andrews talked about the evacuation of Harrietville in that press conference. Let me tell you about another fire in Harrietville, seven years ago. | Daniel Andrews talked about the evacuation of Harrietville in that press conference. Let me tell you about another fire in Harrietville, seven years ago. |
| It explains a lot about the risk assessment process that is currently used by firefighters in Victoria. | It explains a lot about the risk assessment process that is currently used by firefighters in Victoria. |
| On 13 February 2013, firefighters Steven Kadar, 34, and Katie Peters, 19, were travelling in a convoy heading out of the Buckland Valley. | On 13 February 2013, firefighters Steven Kadar, 34, and Katie Peters, 19, were travelling in a convoy heading out of the Buckland Valley. |
| They had been working on a backburning operation at the Pheasant Creek Track, a 4WD track in a heavily forested mountainous region north of Omeo. | They had been working on a backburning operation at the Pheasant Creek Track, a 4WD track in a heavily forested mountainous region north of Omeo. |
| It was an alpine ash forest. Tree clearing crews were in there at the same time — unusual, as that’s usually done first. Thunderstorm activity was picking up. When the call came to get out, Kadar and Peters were the first ute in line when a “giant” alpine ash did what alpine ash is wont to do in hot weather and strong winds, and fell to the ground, crushing their vehicle. | It was an alpine ash forest. Tree clearing crews were in there at the same time — unusual, as that’s usually done first. Thunderstorm activity was picking up. When the call came to get out, Kadar and Peters were the first ute in line when a “giant” alpine ash did what alpine ash is wont to do in hot weather and strong winds, and fell to the ground, crushing their vehicle. |
| They were the third and fourth firefighters to die that season. | They were the third and fourth firefighters to die that season. |
| Peters was on her gap year and had picked up a summer firefighting gig. A lot of Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMV) firefighters — they are the ones in green overalls — are in the same position. Kadar was a career firefighter with nine years experience. He had earlier expressed concern about the risk of falling trees. | Peters was on her gap year and had picked up a summer firefighting gig. A lot of Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMV) firefighters — they are the ones in green overalls — are in the same position. Kadar was a career firefighter with nine years experience. He had earlier expressed concern about the risk of falling trees. |
| An inquest in 2015 made ten recommendations around the need to improve communication between the fireground and incident control, two-way relaying of weather information, and improved safety provisions. | An inquest in 2015 made ten recommendations around the need to improve communication between the fireground and incident control, two-way relaying of weather information, and improved safety provisions. |
| If you are wondering why the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and FFMV has appeared extremely cautious in pulling firefighters out of certain situations, this is partly why. | If you are wondering why the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and FFMV has appeared extremely cautious in pulling firefighters out of certain situations, this is partly why. |
| This inquest is built on findings from the Black Saturday royal commission. It’s also why, if you have ever done a fire briefing in Victoria, you would have heard a lot about “red flag warnings”. | This inquest is built on findings from the Black Saturday royal commission. It’s also why, if you have ever done a fire briefing in Victoria, you would have heard a lot about “red flag warnings”. |
| A red flag warning is issued when there is “a significant change to any critical information that may adversely affect the safety of personnel located at an emergency”. It is given priority over any radio traffic except a mayday call. | A red flag warning is issued when there is “a significant change to any critical information that may adversely affect the safety of personnel located at an emergency”. It is given priority over any radio traffic except a mayday call. |
| This is from DELWP’s response to the coroner’s report: | This is from DELWP’s response to the coroner’s report: |
| A sea of umbrellas in Melbourne. | A sea of umbrellas in Melbourne. |
| We have an update now from the NSW RFS commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmons. | We have an update now from the NSW RFS commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmons. |
| He says there is a new fire in the Blue Mountains near Faulconbridge. Firefighters are also concerned about a fire north of Coonabarabran. | He says there is a new fire in the Blue Mountains near Faulconbridge. Firefighters are also concerned about a fire north of Coonabarabran. |
| Firefronts around the Eden district and Bega are not as bad as the RFS thought they would be and are quite contained at this stage, he says. | Firefronts around the Eden district and Bega are not as bad as the RFS thought they would be and are quite contained at this stage, he says. |
| Huuuuge. | Huuuuge. |
| A shot of the size of the crowd in Sydney. | A shot of the size of the crowd in Sydney. |
| The latest from NSW. | The latest from NSW. |
| We are getting some photos come through on Twitter from the various climate protests around Australia. | We are getting some photos come through on Twitter from the various climate protests around Australia. |
| The Australian Academy of Science has issued a strongly worded statement calling on the government to do more on climate change in the wake of the bushfire crisis. | The Australian Academy of Science has issued a strongly worded statement calling on the government to do more on climate change in the wake of the bushfire crisis. |
| The president of the academy, John Shine, suggests the response to the fires should be sweeping and transformative, including Australia taking stronger action on climate to reflect its part in the worldwide commitment made in Paris to limit global warming to as close to 1.5C as possible. | The president of the academy, John Shine, suggests the response to the fires should be sweeping and transformative, including Australia taking stronger action on climate to reflect its part in the worldwide commitment made in Paris to limit global warming to as close to 1.5C as possible. |
| The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has downplayed the role Australia can play in addressing the climate crisis, saying nothing it did to reduce emissions would have changed this bushfire season. | The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has downplayed the role Australia can play in addressing the climate crisis, saying nothing it did to reduce emissions would have changed this bushfire season. |
| Shine says the scale of the bushfires is unprecedented anywhere in the world, and offers the academy’s sympathy to those who have lost loved ones and been directly and indirectly affected: | Shine says the scale of the bushfires is unprecedented anywhere in the world, and offers the academy’s sympathy to those who have lost loved ones and been directly and indirectly affected: |
| On the climate protests about to kick off in capital cities across the country, Andrews says people have the right to protest, but claims (despite Victoria Police saying otherwise) that the protest will “divert resources away from critical needs”. | On the climate protests about to kick off in capital cities across the country, Andrews says people have the right to protest, but claims (despite Victoria Police saying otherwise) that the protest will “divert resources away from critical needs”. |
| He also took a kick at the former Liberal government on climate change policy.“Our government is very proud to have not just talked about climate change, but to have got on and taken real action to deal with it. That is very different to, perhaps, other governments, that have been in power in our state. We are very proud of that.” | He also took a kick at the former Liberal government on climate change policy.“Our government is very proud to have not just talked about climate change, but to have got on and taken real action to deal with it. That is very different to, perhaps, other governments, that have been in power in our state. We are very proud of that.” |
| He said the states need to be part of any federal review of the bushfire season, whether or not that takes the form of a royal commission. | He said the states need to be part of any federal review of the bushfire season, whether or not that takes the form of a royal commission. |
| Crisp reiterates: “Today is not over.” | Crisp reiterates: “Today is not over.” |
| The next four hours will be crucial. | The next four hours will be crucial. |
| Crisp says while people have the right to stay in their home, it does make it difficult for firefighters. | Crisp says while people have the right to stay in their home, it does make it difficult for firefighters. |
| Andrews says it can be the difference between saving a home and saving a life. | Andrews says it can be the difference between saving a home and saving a life. |