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Qld bushfire season open
22 Aug 2003
There's only a week left of Winter but the Queensland bushfire season has been declared open. The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service and the Department of Primary Industries have both issued warnings for people to be alert to fires and any suspicious smoke or flames. DPI said forestry plantation areas on the Sunshine Coast could be devastated by wildfires. Already this month 20 hectares of plantation forest in the area have been lost in a fire that was deliberately lit.
A QFRS spokesman said there's no set time when the fire season begins: we sort of drift into it at the beginning of September, he said. A lot depends on what conditions are like in different areas and the amount of fuel available for fires to feed on.
News.com.au, 21/8/03.
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