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2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission—Interim Report 1 THE FEBRUARY 2009 FIRES Pomborneit–Weerite Figure 1.13: Pomborneit–Weerite interim fire progression map Point of origin at 13:15 hrs Lake Corangamite Weerite Approx 15:07 hrs Wind change at 14:15–15:10 hrs Lake Purrumbete Pomborneit North Pomborneit 0 2 4 Kilometres Source: Exhibit 3 – Statement of Rees (WIT.004.001.0001) at 0103 274 Interim Final Fire Perimeter Built Up Areas Roads Waterways Fire Origin Summary information Fire Danger Index The maximum FDI was greater than 100 at Mortlake AWS at 13:30. 275 Fatalities No fatalities 276 Overall area burnt 1300 hectares 277 Firefighting resources The CFA deployed 42 appliances and 298 personnel to this fire. 278 64
The February 2009 Fires 1.110 At 13:17 an initial call was recorded of a grass and scrub fire west of Pomborneit/Stony Rises and south of the Princes Highway at Weerite. 279 As the point of origin was on private land, the CFA was identified as the control agency for the fire. 280 The ICC was located at Colac in a temporary DSE facility. 281 1.111 At 13:18 5 local brigades were paged to respond to the fire. At 13:21, aircraft were requested although subsequent advice at 13:42 indicated that the prevailing weather conditions meant aircraft could not operate. Police were requested to close roads. 282 1.112 The fire burned south, crossing and damaging the Geelong–Warrnambool railway line. At 13:42 VLine was contacted to stop trains using the damaged railway line. 283 Ground resources were progressively increased to protect the Swan Marsh township. 284 The south‐west wind change was reported as passing Mount Pardon at 14:15, which is about 5 kilometres south of the fire area. 285 When it reached the fire, the direction of the wind changed and headed north-east towards Lake Corangamite. As a result, the additional resources protecting Swan Marsh were redeployed for direct attack. At approximately 15:07 the fire crossed Pomborneit Foxhow Road and continued unchecked in a north-easterly direction until 16:35, when it was reported as stopped. 286 287 1.113 The fire was listed as contained at 12:11 on 8 February. Warnings 1.114 The first urgent threat message was posted to the CFA website at 14:15 for ‘Scollers Road, Caters Road Settlement and Swan Marsh [sic]’. At 14:25 an awareness message was posted for Pomborneit, Stonyford and Swan Marsh. 288 At 19:18 a message was posted on the CFA website advising that the threat had been downgraded to alert status. 289 Source: © Newspix / Renee Nowytarger 65
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