Don’t let private fires escape: CFA

Be careful: CFA is urging the community to ensure private fires do not escape as landowners begin to burn off following the end of summer fire restrictions. Photo by Jamie Salter

One in 10 grass, scrub, and bushfires are caused by escaped private fires, equating to more than 2000 fires during the past 10 bushfire seasons that should never have happened, new CFA data shows.

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