AAP General News (Australia)
01-11-2001
Vic: Grass fire north east of Melbourne
Country Fire Authority volunteers have contained a grass fire burning near Sunbury,
north-east of Melbourne.
The 20 trucks and 100 firefighters who battled the blaze were aided by water-bombing
from a helicopter.
Country Fire Authority spokesman IAN HAMILTON says the fire burnt through 25 hectares
of grass and scrub near Clarkefield, about 45 kilometres north-east of Melbourne.
He says although the fire is still burning, it's no longer spreading and CFA volunteers
are putting control lines around it.
The cause of the fire is still being …
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