Some firefighting efforts are being scaled down - but the Lake Ohau bush fire continues to burn
Some firefighting efforts are being scaled down - but the Lake Ohau bush fire continues to burn
6 October 2020
It's now spread to five-thousand-six-hundred hectares - and destroyed around 46 homes in the Village.
Fire and Emergency Incident Controller Rob Hands says no other structures are considered to be in danger now.
He says the 160-kilometre winds presented a challenge for crews this morning - but the blaze is back within containment lines.
Hands says they've down to four aircraft actively fighting the fire - with a hundred crew on the ground.
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