BUSHFIRE WATCH AND ACT MESSAGE

Message ID: 0001671
Time Message Issued: 15:29
Date Message Issued: 20/01/2018

Fire Origin / Fire Name: KARTE

Issued for Karte in the Mallee

CFS advises that a bushfire at Karte in the Mallee, near the Karte Conservation Park and within the Peebinga conservation Park continues to burn. Crews have completed the back burn to the North Eastern boundary establishing a control line and will continue to construct a control line at the Southern boundary. Crews will be working on this bushfire throughout the day and night. Check and follow your Bushfire Survival Plan. If you are not prepared, leave now. Only leave if the path is clear to a safer place. The Karte fire remains within the scrub and crews are working to prevent the fire moving towards the locality of Mootatunga in the Mallee. The Fire is uncontrolled and burning in scrub, conditions are continually changing. You should not enter this area as the roads may not be safe.

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BLUE: Advice Message; YELLOW: Watch and Act Message; RED: Emergency Warning

Stay tuned to your local ABC on a battery-powered radio for updates.

For information about bushfires, check the CFS website www.cfs.sa.gov.au or call the Bushfire Information Hotline on 1300 362 361.

This message will be updated once the situation changes or by: 20/01/2018 18:00