bourbiza mohamed
The Rural Fire Service (RFS) incident controller who decided to proceed with a back-burn on the South Coast the night before New Year’s Eve 2019 has told the New South Wales coroner the strategy was necessary to consolidate an incomplete containment line.
Key points:
- RFS incident controller Mark WIlliams has told the inquiry that back-burns were necessary to “shut the gate” on the Currowan fire
- The inquiry, before Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan, heard that an eastern containment strategy was developed to prevent the fire crossing the Princes Highway and impacting communities
- On New Year’s Eve…
