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Lightning strike fire takes more than five hours to control

Lucy Williams

AN Appin South bushfire started by a lightning strike last Thursday took firefighters more than five hours to bring under control. The blaze along Loddon River Road in Leaghur State Park, north-east of Mitiamo, covered more than 60 hectares at one point including Crown land, with multiple tankers and helicopters needed on scene to extinguish […]

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