Holding the line: How a few dozen FFR, CFA, and MRCC resources kept 50,000-hectare fire at bay

A massive fire in Wyperfeld National Park was held back by a combined force of FFM and CFA brigades and MRCC equipment. Picture: Supplied/ Forest Fire Management
Alistair Finlay

AS Friday’s fire conditions worsened and a predicted wind change was set to hit the Boinka fire front, the region’s firefighters readied for the worst. The fire that had started about 10 kilometres south of the town that now carried its name had continued on in that direction and gotten into the tinder dry Wyperfeld […]

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