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Written by Les Fawkes
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
On Saturday August 9th at about
9a.m. fire officers from both the Maleny Auxiliary Fire Service and
Rural Fire Services were called to a fire at The Tjuringa emu farm at
Reesville.
The fire destroyed an incubation shed which contained this seasons stock of emu eggs that were next seasons emu chicks.
It is believed that the fire started from a petrol generator that was being used as a result of a power outage to power the incubators.
The Tjuringa emu farm at Reesville commenced operations in 1993 and has a breeding stock of about 700 emus. They lay their eggs in winter and so this generation of chicks would have been the basis of emu products produced by the farm in about 2011.
Emu products, which includes not only the meat, but also emu oil and cosmetic products.
Owner Peter Thompson reported that there were no persons injured as a result of this fire and the damage had been contained to the one shed.
Maleny Rural Fire Brigade spokesman, Norm Lewis said, “This is a timely reminder that with the low humidity and rapidly drying conditions it is a good time to check fire breaks and vegetation around buildings, roofs and guttering and to be aware of what constitutes a fire hazard.”
In the event of fire ring 000 or 112 from a mobile phone.
For information & advice on protecting your property from wild fire attack you can call M.R.F.B. Officer’s phone 0427 071 591. Maleny Rural Fire Brigade is always looking for male or female volunteers aged over 16 with a few spare hours to give.
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