Pierces Creek Region, ACT: Bushfire

Event Details
Event Title	Pierces Creek Region, ACT: Bushfire
Event Category	Bushfire
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Event Start Date	04/01/1991
Event End Date	04/01/1991
Duration of Event	0 day/s

Location
Zone	ACT
Region	Canberra
Map	95

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Total Cost	$0.00



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Information Sources
Source/s	Printed Press - Canberra Times Government Agency - ACT Emergency Services Bureau
Description

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Details
A fire in the Pierces Creek pine plantations (west of Canberra) lasted more than a week. The firefighting effort cost between $250,000-300,000 and pines worth $1.5m were lost. The ACT Fire Brigade was kept busy in the last weekend of April, attending 12 grass fires in Canberra's south.