AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2006
Vic: Tasmanian fire crews home by Christmas
Tasmanian fire crews should be home in time for Christmas after weather changes helped
quell the fires that have destroyed 17 dwellings.
JEFF KNIGHT .. a district officer with the Tasmanian Fire Service .. says up to 20
millimetres of rain fell on the fires overnight .. and humid conditions today have helped
firefighting efforts.
He says .. while the St Mary's-Scamander fires are still not under control .. properties
thought to be have been in danger are now considered safe.
He's told tourists who've planned holidays on Tasmania's east coast not to be deterred
by the fires.
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KEYWORD: BUSHFIRES TAS (MELBOURNE)
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