Escaped National Park fire causes extensive damage

Sally Gall
Updated December 5 2018 - 10:19am, first published December 4 2018 - 7:00pm
Fire breaks have been the main means of controlling a serious fire burning around the Blackdown Tableland region. Photo supplied.
Fire breaks have been the main means of controlling a serious fire burning around the Blackdown Tableland region. Photo supplied.

After a week on the front line of a bushfire in the Woorabinda region, Adrian Roots estimates only 20 per cent of the property he manages remains unburnt.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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