{"id":3078,"date":"2020-01-02T09:40:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T13:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2020-01-02T09:40:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T13:40:27","slug":"just-like-the-planned-genocide-in-paradise-ca-towns-in-australia-are-experiencing-the-same-stealthily-set-firetraps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=3078","title":{"rendered":"Just like the planned genocide in Paradise, CA, towns in Australia are experiencing the same stealthily set firetraps!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Dozens of firefighters to be helicoptered into Victorian town cut off by fire<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>A &#8220;shift change&#8221; for firefighters in Mallacoota will be carried out by air on Wednesday.<\/h2>\n<p>SBS News<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3079\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/social-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/social-1024x512.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/social-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/social-768x384.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/social.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Updated 1 day ago<\/p>\n<p>A new team of firefighters will be helicoptered into the Victorian coastal town of Mallacoota to assist the 4,000 people who remain stuck there after the region was ravaged by fire.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters on Wednesday &#8220;we&#8217;ve got people that are isolated in the middle of the fire&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got choppers taking 90 firefighters out of the Mallacoota area, they can&#8217;t be removed any other way &#8211; we&#8217;re essentially doing a shift change by the air,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">View of active fires from parents balcony on Karbeethong Rd in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mallacoota?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mallacoota<\/a> &#8211; that\u2019s just one bad wind change from becoming a serious problem for Karbeethong. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1tqghhzvgu\">pic.twitter.com\/1tqghhzvgu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brendan (@brendanh_au) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brendanh_au\/status\/1212160833825853440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve never done that before, getting firefighters that are essentially isolated in that Mallacoota community out and fresh teams going in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s one example of how complex and how challenging these East Gippsland fires are now and will be for a considerable period of time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH &amp; ACT &#8211; BUSHFIRE<br \/>Incident Location: Mallacoota area<\/p>\n<p>More details at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mp1li6g214\">https:\/\/t.co\/mp1li6g214<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iEqcUvQYKn\">pic.twitter.com\/iEqcUvQYKn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; cfa_updates (@CFA_Updates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFA_Updates\/status\/1212177559749824514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Emergency commissioner Andrew Crisp told reporters more than 500,000 hectares have been burnt out in Victoria, mostly in the East Gippsland area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With Mallacoota, we know they have a significant amount of water, but we know we need to get supplies to them,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Crisp said a barge was being loaded in Melbourne with supplies for &#8220;about two weeks&#8221;, including food, water and 30,000 litres of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Saturday is a significant day for us. It&#8217;s about what we do to enable us to be in the best position we can to Saturday,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Defence force aircraft including Black Hawk helicopters are expected to land in the east of the state on Wednesday with other aircraft and naval vessels due in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft are expected to help move fire crews, supplies and help with evacuations as needed.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/danbakes\/status\/1211850190132367360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1211850190132367360&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbs.com.au%2Fnews%2Fdozens-of-firefighters-to-be-helicoptered-into-victorian-town-cut-off-by-fire<\/p>\n<p>Naval vessels including the HMAS Choules left Sydney bound for the East Gippsland coast on Tuesday evening and training vessel MV Sycamore has also been deployed.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as thousands of people remain stranded in remote communities because of blazes as firefighters continue their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Lakes Entrance was given some relief as safety assessments allowed the Princes Highway to re-open between Bairnsdale and Lake Tyers Beach Road on Tuesday evening, allowing people to leave the area.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sister in a BRIGHT ORANGE work suit blending in with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mallacoota?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mallacoota<\/a> sky <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SfK93GhbUU\">pic.twitter.com\/SfK93GhbUU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brendan (@brendanh_au) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brendanh_au\/status\/1211787739290423297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Princes Highway remained closed between Lake Tyers Beach Road and the NSW border.<\/p>\n<p>There had also been &#8220;relatively good news&#8221; for Mallacoota and Corryong after a wind change meant the worst of the blazes passed them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The wind change has gone through and it is now bypassed that town,&#8221; Country Fire Authority chief officer Steve Warrington said of Mallacoota.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I understand there was a public cheer down at the jetty when that was announced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The wind change also helped firefighters battling a blaze in the northeast Victoria-NSW border at Corryong.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3080\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-02-at-8.36.44-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-02-at-8.36.44-AM.png 630w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-02-at-8.36.44-AM-300x144.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But he confirmed there were property losses on the outskirts of the townships, despite the good news.<\/p>\n<p>The state government also announced a bushfire response task force it vows will avoid red tape in dealing with fallout from the blazes.<\/p>\n<p>The developments come after lightning sparked more than a dozen new blazes in Victoria&#8217;s alpine region.<\/p>\n<p>Four people remain missing in the fires, with Premier Daniel Andrews earlier confirming they are not firefighters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-body\">\n<p>State cabinet&#8217;s security and emergencies management committee met on Tuesday afternoon and established the bushfire response and recovery task force, to be led by Mr Crisp.<\/p>\n<p>Victorian Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville said the task force was aimed at ensuring &#8220;no barriers, no red tape, no bureaucracy&#8221; get in the way of meeting immediate needs and a broader response.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have started the process of assessing how many properties have been destroyed by the fires, which grew rapidly overnight as self-generated weather systems sparked dry lightning.<\/p>\n<p>AAP &#8211; SBS<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/dozens-of-firefighters-to-be-helicoptered-into-victorian-town-cut-off-by-fire\">https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/dozens-of-firefighters-to-be-helicoptered-into-victorian-town-cut-off-by-fire<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of firefighters to be helicoptered into Victorian town cut off by fire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}