A bird starts a bush fire

Mop-up work continues after fires in the Tarago area. Source: Canberra Times
Photo: Karleen Minney

Today's Canberra Times reports the assessment of the rural fire service that a low-flying bird, ignited by power lines north-east of the ACT set fire to the bone-dry land beneath it. The report tells us almost 3,400 hectares of grassland, woods and farming property were destroyed. Although livestock and wild animals were killed, one house and some vehicles destroyed, fortunately no one was hurt and no one died. Still. Summer heatwaves in a time of climate change and global warming are not done with us unless we take action.