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  • On the edge of fire disaster

    01/10/2010 5:00:33 PM PST · by myknowledge · 234+ views
    Adelaide Now ^ | January 11, 2010 | Hannah Silverman
    THE state is facing its worst fire danger day of the season, as authorities warn conditions will be similar to those during Victoria's Black Saturday disaster. Country Fire Service has declared "catastrophic" conditions in 10 of the state's 15 fire districts as temperatures reach up to 45C and wind gusts of up to 50km/h are expected. CFS chief officer Euan Ferguson said today was a day of the "greatest severity" for fire danger and all of the state's thousands of firefighters were on stand-by. Conditions have been likened to those of the Eyre Peninsula bushfires, which claimed the lives of...