Tag: CFS

Fire shuts down highway (updated)

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UPDATE: The CFS remains on scene at a large stubble fire 18kms north east of Meningie in the Coorong. Due to the hard work of...

Fires engulf homes

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Two homes have been destroyed by fire in the last few days, devastating two local families.
Fire caused $130,000 damage to a home in Tarpeena...

Fire season extended

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The SA Country Fire Service has officially extended the 2023/24 Fire Danger Season for another two weeks for the Lower South East.
The Lower South...

Residents get fire ready

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Another fire ready workshop will be held in Penola this month, after last year’s event was a flaming success.
Last year’s workshop for women proved...

Hospital flooding

Lechelle Earl -
The Mount Gambier hospital has received significant water damage after a fire sprinkler system malfunctioned on site. Two MFS appliances were called to the hospital...

Fire crews monitor Naracoorte blaze

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Country Fire Service crews are continuing to patrol and monitor a fire which is contained in scrubland north of Naracoorte, in the state's Lower...

Structure fire at Coomandook

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At just after 7:30 this morning CFS crews were alerted to a house fire on Flowery Plain Road at Coomandook. 20 firefighters on three trucks...

Glass raised for country pub

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Alittle pub in the Limestone Coast located at Kalangadoo has been voted by its supporters as the best pub in the Limestone Coast area.
Owners,...

Aerial fire crews tap into mill resource

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Tests have shown that Black Hawk helicopters can suck 4000 litres of water from the secondary treatment ponds at the Kimberly-Clark Australia (KCA) Millicent...

CFS crews battle machinery fire

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Firefighters are continuing to battle a machinery blaze in a mulching facility near Mount Gambier which has caused an estimated $350,000 damage. The fire started...

Scrub blaze under watch

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Afire north of Mount Gambier is still being monitored by emergency services this morning. The blaze started in Honan Native Forest Reserve just before 1pm...

Livestock feed destroyed in fire

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Country Fire Service firefighters were called to extinguish a haystack fire near Tantanoola last week.
On Wednesday evening emergency services were alerted to smoke from...

Region on alert

Lechelle Earl -
The Limestone Coast has been hit by a string of break ins, with police believing several of them to be linked. Premises in Millicent, Penola...

Arson worry

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Police suspect a late-night blaze on Wednesday in a Furner pine plantation may have been the work of a firebug.
Police officers and CFS crews...

CFS Training Facility destroyed by fire

Lechelle Earl -
The Region 5 CFS regional training centre has been destroyed in a $500,000 fire this afternoon (Monday). Four CFS crews and a bulk water carrier...