House fires costly

PREVENTABLE house fires in Victoria’s north-west caused more than $2.7 million in damage last year, according to Country Fire Authority (CFA) data.In 2017, there were 90 preventable house fires in Districts 18 and 20 – which take in Mildura, Swan Hill, Echuca, Pyramid Hill and Litchfield – at an increase of 13 per cent compared […]

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