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Pulletop Bushfire

Location
  
Pulletop, New South Wales

Date(s)
  
6 February 2006 (2006-02-06) – 19 February 2006 (2006-02-19)

The Pulletop Bushfire, officially referred to as the "Wandoo fire", started on the 6 February 2006 in hot dry and windy weather conditions about 30 km southeast of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. The fire was thought to have been started by sparks from a tractor on a property at Pulletop which quickly got out of control. New South Wales Rural Fire Service declared a bushfire emergency and the Hume Highway was closed late in the afternoon with fears that the fire would threaten the towns of Humula, Book Book, Livingstone and Kyeamba after 10 km² of farmland was burnt. 7 February 2006 milder conditions help firefighters to control the fire burning in inaccessible country.

Over 90 km² of farmland burnt

  • 2,500 sheep killed
  • 6 cattle killed
  • 3 vehicles destroyed
  • 2 hay sheds destroyed
  • 50km of fencing was burnt
  • Pine plantation worth $5 million, a communications installation and 19 homes saved
  • A Natural Disaster was declared
  • References

    Pulletop Bushfire Wikipedia


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