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RFS extinguish blaze at Tantallon
Published Date: 18 Dec 2014
Summary
RURAL Fire Service (RFS) crews were called to a fire that burnt through 100 hectares at Tantallon near Orange this afternoon.
Tantallon
ALERT LEVEL: Advice
LOCATION: tantallon road
COUNCIL AREA: Cabonne
STATUS: under control
TYPE: Grass Fire
FIRE: Yes
SIZE: 108 ha
RESPONSIBLE AGENCY: Rural Fire Service
UPDATED: 18 Dec 2014 17:07
By TRACEY PRISK
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RFS fire mitigation officer Geoff Selwood said the fire started at around 3pm and took crews around an hour to extinguish using 14 tankers, an aircraft and a grader.
A Support 6 vehicle, which holds 9000 litres of water, was also used to extinguish the blaze.
Mr Selwood said the fire, which was heading towards Bell River, skipped past a house on the property because its yard was well watered and maintained.
Photos above by Pete Jarick.
By 4pm fire crews were mopping up the fire and extinguish embers.
"Everything went well considering the fire was in spare woody grasslands and there was a wind blowing," Mr Selwood said.
