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wiredInUSA - November 2013

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The Blue Mountains, New South Wales,

Australia, bushfire that claimed almost 200

properties might have been prevented if

required treemaintenance had been carried

out.

A tree with cables running through its

branches is believed to be the seat of the fire

that jumped a road then engulfed houses

in Springwood, Winmalee and Yellow Rock.

Fairfax Media established that an order to

prune the tree had been issued by the power

company in July.

A resident said she heard noises that sounded

like cables arcing, before the fire jumped

across the road to ignite bush cover.

Ms Stubbs' property adjoins the property with

the tree in Linksview Road, Springwood, the

site used to identify a fire that burned out

over 2,000 hectares and which reached a

state-of-emergency status.

Ms Stubbs said that, earlier in the year, she

had received a notification from Endeavour

Energy asking her to cut back foliage near

electric cables, which appeared to relate

to a straggly red bottlebrush plant near the

wires. She said her neighbor, a tenant, told her

he had received a similar document relating

to the large tree at the front of his landlord’s

property.

ASIA / AFRICA NEWS

Warning of

cable at heart

of Springwood

inferno

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