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Peig nor fire4/5/2023 ![]() Windy conditions and temperatures above 30C (86F) were making firefighting difficult and the outlook for the next four days was not favourable, with no rain forecast. He had been advised by the Queensland government’s parks service, which was also helping fight the fire, that tree species in the valley could cope with some fire. It’s a big fire and it’s the wrong kind of fire Dr Gabriel Conroy This is a very large and very hot fire for this island. He said the fire was encroaching on the Valley of the Giants, but there was hope that trees might survive as the fire was less intense in that area. ![]() “We are working with the fire behaviour modelling to manipulate and push the fire as best as we can away from the community, from infrastructure and away from sensitive cultural and environmental sites.” “Unfortunately the current conditions are not conducive to extinguishment,” McCormack said. fDieIDRpKU- Qld Fire & Emergency November 30, 2020įighting fires on a sand island was challenging, he said, because tracks were too narrow to be used as firebreaks, were only accessible to smaller 4WD firefighting vehicles, and the sandy forest floor meant water dropped from aircraft drained away quickly. The makeup of the sand island makes our work difficult & we share the communities concerns, but we’ll continue to work to minimise the impact. There are currently more than 30 crews on K’gari (Fraser Island), made up of QFES, QPWS & Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation personnel. ![]()
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