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Rain ‘taken sting out’ of Fraser Island fire, NSW water-bomber goes home
The QFES spokeswoman said 33 vehicles involved in the firefighting operations remained on the island and water-bombing would continue on Wednesday in isolated areas where needed.
The NSW large air tanker returned home on Tuesday after flying up on Monday morning to help the Queensland LAT and dozens of other smaller water-bombing aircraft.
The QFES spokeswoman said conditions had eased again on Wednesday after about 26mm of rain fell on Monday in Happy Valley – a town on the island that was in grave danger due to the fire on Monday.
She said Monday’s rain helped slow the spread of fires on Fraser Island, but it was by no means enough to extinguish the flames – more rain would be needed to do so.
QFES Assistant Commissioner John Bolger said…
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