Local RFS captain feared a backburn at Mt Wilson could escape into the Grose Valley | Blue Mountains Gazette
Coronial inquiry hears of fears over backburn operation.
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Coronial inquiry hears of fears over backburn operation.
Chris Banffy tells the NSW coroner that he had his plane land so that he could speak directly to RFS personnel after seeing signs that a back-burn was threatening to jump containment lines.
A Rural Fire Service commander tells an inquest into the 2019-20 bushfire disaster that he did not ignore concerns raised by a pilot about the decision to conduct a back-burn that jumped containment lines when the weather changed.