Southwest fire containment work continuing, with 20,000 hectares burned

Matt Dennien
Updated January 9 2019 - 3:10pm, first published 3:09pm
Waterbombing aircraft saturate the fire edge as ground crews extinguish the remnants with hand tools. Picture: Warren Frey (supplied by TFS)
Waterbombing aircraft saturate the fire edge as ground crews extinguish the remnants with hand tools. Picture: Warren Frey (supplied by TFS)

Fire crews, aircraft and heavy machinery are continuing to work on containing the Gell River fire that has now burned through around 20,500 hectares of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area in the state’s South-West.

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Matt Dennien

Matt Dennien

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Matt Dennien is a journalist at The Examiner, based in Launceston. Contact him via email at matt.dennien@examiner.com.au, or more securely via Signal on +61 437 672 994.

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