Tag: fire

Scrub fire at Burrungule

Police are investigating a scrub fire at Burrungule on Monday. About 2pm on March 18, police responded to reports of a scrub fire on Burrungule...

Suspicious grass fire in Mount Gambier

Police are investigating a suspicious fire in Mount Gambier on Wednesday night. At 10.45pm emergency services were called to reports of a grass fire on...

Hospital havoc

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

Fire crews monitor Naracoorte blaze

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

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...

Fire tech upgrade nears completion

The $2m government-funded program to either upgrade or replace eight pre-existing fire spotting towers in this region is nearing completion.
They are being upgraded with...

Aerial fire crews tap into mill resource

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

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...

Disaster relief funds awarded

Grant District Council has been awarded a Disaster Ready Fund (DRF) grant of $202,000 to replace the critical firefighting infrastructure used to fill water...

Shock death rocks CFA

Victoria’s Country Fire Authority has sadly confirmed the death of a member while attending a shed fire incident in Portland on Tuesday.
The volunteer collapsed...

Blaze blocks highway

The Riddoch Highway was closed to traffic yesterday following a fire near Willalooka.
The blaze started about 11am on land near Cannawigara Road, Chain Pump...

Speedster nabbed

AVictorian man has been reported for driving at an extreme speed in the South East last week.
About 7pm on January 26 police were conducting...

Scrub blaze under watch

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

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...

Suspicious fire at Furner

Police are investigating a suspicious fire at Furner. About 10pm on Wednesday 3 January, emergency services responded to the report of a fire on Wallis...