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 Bushfire destroys mushroom farm
#6167824 - 10/14/06 01:28 AM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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from here
October 13, 2006
A BUSHFIRE, which may have been deliberately lit, has ripped through a mushroom farm in north-west Tasmania, causing more than $700,000 damage.
Two thousand tonnes of straw and a barn at Tasmanian Mushrooms, at Dulverton, were destroyed after sparks from the fire ignited the bales, business owner Doug Schirripa said.
"We've lost a couple of weeks because of the fire, which has affected our ability to get straw for the compost production," Mr Schirripa said.
"We were just getting ready to lay the compost for the Christmas period, which is a busy mushroom production period for us.
"It's a 14-week production cycle but hopefully with a bit of hard yakka we can get started again by Monday and hopefully we won't have too many more hold-ups."
Mr Schirripa said police were probing the possibility the scrub fire had been deliberately lit near his property, adding he was angry that fire crews had not warned his staff about the approaching blaze.
"I know they're mostly volunteers but they still have basic training and should have given us some notice – instead they just let it burn through.
"The most important thing is no-one was hurt."
Elsewhere, firefighters were today hoping to make the most of cooler weather to contain a fire at Mount Rumney, near Hobart.
Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) senior station officer Danny Reid said Hobart was expecting a top temperature of 22 degrees and north-westerly winds of 30km/h, well down on the top of 33 degrees and winds of 70km/h that fanned the flames yesterday.
"It's looking much better than things were yesterday afternoon," Mr Reid said.
Four volunteer firefighters were last night treated in hospital for smoke inhalation after battling one of the Mount Rumney fire fronts.
TFS Regional Chief Tony Davidson said firefighter safety was of paramount concern but they were the only significant reports of injury from over 300 personnel tackling fires in the last two days.
"Whilst it is unfortunate that the firefighters needed to receive hospital treatment, it is very pleasing that they are well and have not sustained any serious injury," Mr Davidson said.
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