❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information regarding the origin, location, land management, and potential contributing factors related to a catastrophic bushfire that claimed four lives near Grass Patch and Salmon Gums.
AnsweredQoN 1334Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
ESPERANCE
BUSHFIRES
1334. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the
Attorney General representing the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer to the recent catastrophic bushfire at Grass Patch
and Salmon Gums that tragically claimed four lives.
(1) I
understand that the fire was started by lightning north of Cascade. What was
the specific location, if known, where the fire started?
(2) In relation to (1), is the location bushland or farmland?
(3) Who owns and manages the land where the fire started?
(4) To what
extent does it appear that prescribed burning, or lack thereof, contributed to
the severity of this fire and the harm done?
BUSHFIRES
1334. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the
Attorney General representing the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer to the recent catastrophic bushfire at Grass Patch
and Salmon Gums that tragically claimed four lives.
(1) I
understand that the fire was started by lightning north of Cascade. What was
the specific location, if known, where the fire started?
(2) In relation to (1), is the location bushland or farmland?
(3) Who owns and manages the land where the fire started?
(4) To what
extent does it appear that prescribed burning, or lack thereof, contributed to
the severity of this fire and the harm done?
AnswerView source ↗
On behalf of the Minister for
Emergency Services, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services advises as follows.
(1) The location
is best given as approximately four kilometres south of Lake Mends and four
kilometres east of Lake Pyramid, generally north east of the Pyramid Road–Neds
Corner Road intersection.
(2) The fire was located in
bushland, which is unallocated crown land.
(3) Unallocated crown land is owned
by the state and is managed by the Department of Lands.
(4) Information
pertaining to the extent of mitigation works in this area should be directed to
the Department of Lands.
Emergency Services, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services advises as follows.
(1) The location
is best given as approximately four kilometres south of Lake Mends and four
kilometres east of Lake Pyramid, generally north east of the Pyramid Road–Neds
Corner Road intersection.
(2) The fire was located in
bushland, which is unallocated crown land.
(3) Unallocated crown land is owned
by the state and is managed by the Department of Lands.
(4) Information
pertaining to the extent of mitigation works in this area should be directed to
the Department of Lands.
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