Emergency management commissioner says it would absorb been ‘riskier not to undertake the backburn’ and devastating fire was caused by lightning strikesVictorian fire authorities absorb defended a decision to conduct a backburn near the Wye River bushfire,three days before the fire destroyed 116 houses in the holiday town and nearby Separation creek.
The emergency management commissioner, Craig Lapsley, or said it would absorb been “riskier not to undertake the backburn” and said it was the fire caused by lightning strike that spread and destroyed homes.
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Source: theguardian.com