Gibbs Lane, Maryvale Fire
Published Date: 02 Feb 2017
Summary
There was a 115 hectare fire on Gibbs Lane at Maryvale on Thursday 2nd February.
Gibbs Lane, Maryvale
ALERT LEVEL: Advice
LOCATION: 55 Gibbs Lane, Maryvale, NSW 2820
COUNCIL AREA: Dubbo Regional
STATUS: Under control
TYPE: Grass Fire
FIRE: Yes
SIZE: 115 ha
RESPONSIBLE AGENCY: Rural Fire Service
Nearly 50 firefighters, 24 tankers, 2 aircraft, and heavy plant are on scene at a fire east of Geurie in the Combo / Maryvale area. Just over 100 ha has been burnt. There is no report of any stock or building losses.
Daily Liberal story
A grass fire at Combo, eight kilometres east of Geurie, has been controlled by fire crews who responded quickly to the blaze.
More than 20 appliances, two fixed-wing bombers, two bulk water carts and a grader had been deployed to battle the blaze, which at its peak was travelling at 1 kilometre per hour.
By 5pm the fire was classified as under control, after burning more than 115 hectares.
RFS Orana team leader Superintendent Lyndon Wieland has praised the efforts of firefighters, who faced flames up to five metres high.
“The crews were fantastic, they got on top of it really quickly,” Superintendent Wieland said.
“If they hadn’t have it surely would have spread.”
EARLIER: “We’ve got a fairly fast-running grass fire on the north side of the Mitchell Highway about eight kilometres out of Geurie at a location called Combo,” RFS Orana team leader Superintendent Lyndon Wieland said.
“We’ve got about 20 tankers on the fire ground, we’ve got two fixed-wing aircraft, graders and bulk water.”
The fire is not threatening properties at this stage, Superintendent Wieland said.
“There are some isolated rural properties but we will be able to protect those with tankers,” he said.
