Harm obscures fire efforts

By Lucy Swinnen
Updated May 1 2016 - 7:50pm, first published 3:46pm
The TFS helicopter in action in January water bombing a section of the large bushfire at Cradle Mountain. Picture: Brodie Weeding.
The TFS helicopter in action in January water bombing a section of the large bushfire at Cradle Mountain. Picture: Brodie Weeding.

THE successful protection of threatened communities by firefighters has been partially overshadowed by the fire damage to world heritage areas, an independent report into the 2016 bushfires has found.

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