News Source: The Age
| about 1 month ago
Marysville had no access to water on Black Saturday despite the town's reserve being at full capacity, the royal commission on the February fires has heard. Robert Bruce Anderson, operations manager with Goulburn Valley Water, told the commission...
News Source: The Age
| about 1 month ago
Marysville Senior Constable Peter Collyer, who helped evacuate hundreds of people voluntarily from Gallipoli Park oval on Black Saturday, said he did not have the power to force residents to leave their homes on February 7. Snr Const Collyer said he...
News Source: The Age
| about 1 month ago
Goulburn Valley Water operations manager Robert Anderson told the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission that residents of Marysville and some other towns cannot rely on town water supplies during a bushfire. Mr Anderson estimated about 50 per cent of...
News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 month ago
The commission heard the backburn was started by firefighters knowing a wind change was due in an hour. But it ended up arriving much earlier, in less than half an hour, blowing the burn out of control and forcing firefighters to retreat in a shower...