'Burning more easily and more intently': Busy fire season fuelled by drought

Max Stainkamph
Updated October 6 2019 - 4:25pm, first published 12:30pm
CONTROL ROOM: Rural Fire Service Canobolas Zone operations manager Brett Bowden in the control room at the zone's headquarters. Photo: JUDE KEOGH
CONTROL ROOM: Rural Fire Service Canobolas Zone operations manager Brett Bowden in the control room at the zone's headquarters. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

While they might not be as hard hit as their compatriots to the north, Central West firefighters are set for a busy summer thanks to the drought which has crippled the state.

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Max Stainkamph

Max Stainkamph

Journalist

Max joined the CWD in September 2017, leaving the big smoke of Melbourne to come to Orange, where he stayed until 2020.

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