Tingha fire contained after burning through 1200ha of bush-land

Jacob McArthur
Updated April 3 2018 - 11:13am, first published April 2 2018 - 2:00pm
CONTAINED: Smokes billows out of bush-land south of Tingha where volunteer firefighters battled to contain a 1200ha blaze which burned throughout the Easter long weekend. Photo: NSW Rural Fire Service
CONTAINED: Smokes billows out of bush-land south of Tingha where volunteer firefighters battled to contain a 1200ha blaze which burned throughout the Easter long weekend. Photo: NSW Rural Fire Service

WHEN Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews first got to the scene of the bushfire near Tingha, they knew they “were in for the long haul”.

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Jacob McArthur

Jacob McArthur is opinions editor for The Canberra Times and Australian Community Media. As part of the Canberra Times' production team, he helps the people of Canberra and beyond get the stories they need, when they need them across a range of platforms, while helping maintain a high editorial standard. Before moving to Canberra in 2020, he started with Australian Community Media in 2015 as a journalist for The Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he kept a close eye on Tamworth Regional Council. Jacob was also the co-host of ACM's Water Pressure podcast where he and Jamieson Murphy took a deep dive on issues and key decisions arising during one of the region's worst droughts on record.

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