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Pinery fire crop and feed damage bill hits $24m
The damage bill for almost 60,000 tonnes of unharvested grain crops and feed lost in the Pinery fire has climbed to an estimated $24 million.
The damage bill for almost 60,000 tonnes of unharvested grain crops and feed lost in the Pinery fire has climbed to an estimated $24 million.
Family First has warned of further rises in Emergency Services Levy bills to cover the cost of last week’s devastating Pinery bushfire.
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Looters are targeting bushfire-ravaged homes in South Australia’s mid-north, with several locals suffering at the hands of thieves while they were out fighting fires.
A CFS brigade left without communications in the midst of last week’s deadly Pinery fire warned Emergency Services Minister Tony Piccolo one month ago that he would have “blood on his hands” unless the problem was fixed.
Grain stored on farms hit by South Australia’s devastating bushfire has been spontaneously combusting days after the blaze was bought under control.
UPDATED: Nearly 90 homes have been destroyed or made uninhabitable by the deadly Pinery bushfire.