PHOTO: Birds eye view of the Pilliga Fire along the Newell Highway. Photo supplied.
The fire that eventually destroyed close to 60,000 hectares of the vast Pilliga Forest over six days was detected on Wednesday 17 January, although emergency services believe that it was most likely started by lightning strike up to a week earlier.
The initial response was mounted from the Narrabri area by the Rural Fire Service and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. In the severe weather conditions it soon became clear that containing the blaze would . . .
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