A small grass fire caused by an incident relating to a power pole near Bendick Murrell was extinguished quickly by the Rural Fire Service (RFS) on Monday night.
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Firefighters attended the site about 8.20pm near the Bendick Murrell bends a few kilometres east of the village, about 25 kilometres from Young.
RFS crews extinguished the blaze in 10 minutes but were on site for about an hour.
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District Manager of the South West Slopes Zone Andrew Dillon is urging residents to be vigilant during the bush fire danger period.
“We have had some incidents resulting from people burning in drums when they shouldn’t have been. Permits are suspended, you cannot burn during the bush fire danger period,” he said.
“We’ll be opening permits when the time is right in the next month or six weeks.”
He also reminded the public to check lawn mowing equipment, after crews recently attended to a blaze caused by a lawn mower.
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“Maintain lawn mowers, ride ons and slashers, all lawn mowing equipment,” he said.
For more information, contact the fire control centre at Harden on 6386 3170.
