23 December 2012

Watson grass fire

| johnboy
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The ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Rural Fire Service is working to extinguish a grass burning at Irvine Street, Watson.

The Bushfire Alert and Warning Level for this fire has been set at ADVICE.

ACT Fire & Rescue and the ACT Rural Fire Service has nine units responding to the scene.

The fire is approximately 150 metres x 100 metres in size and is contained.

The fire is burning at a slow rate.

At the current fire danger level of low-moderate fires can be easily controlled.

There is little to no risk to life and property from this fire.

6:29 PM

Fire has been extinguished.

Crews now conducting mopping up operations.

6:43 PM

Mopping up operations have been completed.

Crews are about to depart the scene.

7:09 PM

[Courtesy ESA]

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