South Australia's Country Fire Service has called in additional water bombers as the state prepares for a perfect storm of bushfire conditions, with temperatures above 40C and strong winds elevating the risk.
abc.net.au/news/extra-water-bombers-called-in-as-sa-swelters-through-heatwave/102017382South Australia's Country Fire Service has called in additional water bombers as the state prepares for a perfect storm of bushfire conditions.Temperatures are expected to soar above 40 Celsius across South Australia, accompanied by strong winds
Crews have already been kept busy by multiple blazes in the past 24 to 48 hours, including a large industrial shed fire at Price on the Yorke Peninsula. "In terms of the prolonged duration of this heatwave, we are looking at the worst conditions since the 2019-20 season," Mr Fischer said. "Despite the relatively cool and wet spring that we had, conditions have dried out over the last couple of months," he said.
Crews later responded to a fire believed to have been sparked by an air-conditioner that caused $150,000 damage to a house at Coomunga on the lower Eyre Peninsula.Less than a week after a fire ripped through land near Port Lincoln, CFS deputy chief officer Georgie Cornish said the service had called on the support of water-bombing aircraft from interstate for fires that break out today."We have also got four aircraft on top of our standard fleet.
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