Air tanker investment essential to preventing tragedy

By Letters to the Editor
Updated July 2 2021 - 1:03am, first published December 31 2020 - 5:30am
An air tanker drops fire retardant near Tharwa. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
An air tanker drops fire retardant near Tharwa. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

It is just on a year since the Mt Currowan fire terrorised the Eurobodalla shire killing four people, destroying 500 homes and affecting thousands of lives. One of the key recommendations of the bushfire royal commission was to establish a national aerial firefighting fleet "to be tasked according to greatest need".

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