Orroral Valley bushfire 'rapidly escalating', Canberra suburbs at risk of ember attack

Andrew Thorpe
Updated July 11 2020 - 1:03pm, first published February 1 2020 - 4:54pm

ACT Emergency Services commissioner Georgeina Whelan says she will "lean forward on warnings" and would rather apologise for being too cautious than not cautious enough as high temperatures and strong winds threaten to spread ember attacks from the Orroral Valley bushfire into Canberra's southern suburbs.

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Andrew Thorpe

Andrew Thorpe

Opinion editor, producer at The Canberra Times

I edit the opinion pages and write the occasional breaking news story, feature or newsletter, in addition to being part of the production team which gets the paper out the door and manages our digital products.

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