Community Update

Newsletter
Time 12.00 noon, Wednesday 11th February 2009

This newsletter, from the Fire Incident Control Centre at Bairnsdale, is

to inform local communities about the fire in the area and the control
measures being used.

The Dargo White Timber Spur fire is The Matheson Track control line is
15 kilometres NNW of Dargo, in East complete with just some drainage
Gippsland work to finish off.

It is estimated to have burnt 15,000 If backburning is required and

hectares of State Forest. The north
east edge of the fire is one
kilometre from private property,
buildings and fences however this is
not a running edge.
The fire activity is very quiet due to
the very mild weather conditions
and because the fire is currently
within the 2006/07 burnt area.
DSE crews are continuing to work
on control lines. Six kilometres of
new control line is being
constructed along a track between
the boundary of the State Forest
and National Park, running south
from Long Spur Track to the Little
Dargo River. This control line will
reduce the area between the
control line and the fire edge,
reducing the area of backburn. DSE
crews are continuing work on the
control line along the Blue Rag
Range Track.
For more information on this fire, contact the Bairnsdale Incident Control Centre on Ph (03) 52 0400
weather conditions are suitable,
more resources will be added to the
backburning operations.
The Dargo High Plains Road remains
closed to traffic. The gate on the
Dargo High Plains Road is closed at
Mt Hotham and there is a manned
road block 6 kilometres north of
Dargo.
Parks Victoria and DSE are asking
people to refrain from travelling into
the Alpine National Park and
adjoining State Forest areas north
west of Dargo and south of Mt
Hotham.
For information on fires in Victoria
and general fire safety advice,
please contact the Victorian
Bushfire Information Line (VBIL)
on freecall 1800 240 667.

For general fire information, please call the Victorian Bushfire Information Line on 1800 240 667 (free call), or the
CFA website (www.cfa.vic.gov.au) or the DSE website (www.dse.vic.gov.au/fires ).