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Lucindale grassfire in South Australia burning uncontrolled amid extreme fire conditions
Lucindale locals were counting the cost of a grassfire that burned through swathes of land around the area in South Australia’s south-east on Monday.
Key points:
- A fire near Lucindale has burned through 16,800 hectares of land, the CFS says
- The fire was downgraded to “advice” level about 9:00pm on Monday, however the CFS warned it was still uncontained
- There were fears homes had been destroyed, with vision showing smouldering structures around the town
The fire began early on Monday afternoon in hot and windy extreme fire danger conditions at Blackford, near Mount Scott Conservation Park, not far from Kingston SE.
The Country Fire Service (CFS) issued multiple emergency warnings to people around Lucindale, about 345 kilometres south-east of…
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