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Defence Force has admitted that its explosives started the State Mine Fire at Lithgow.

twinkles**stars — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:28:50 GMT

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lakeland27 — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:49:30 GMT

at least they admitted it i guess.

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twinkles**stars — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:13:45 GMT

Yes I agree.

But will they be paying for the damage?

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mtnlane — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:40:12 GMT

The first in the queue for compensation will be the insurance companies aiming to minimise their losses as a result of claims already lodged!

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lakeland27 — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:47:55 GMT

@twinkles**stars wrote:
Yes I agree.

But will they be paying for the damage?

You'd need someone versed in that area of law to know the answer to that very good question, however, i believe Government departments would be covered somehow in event of liability.

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freakiness — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:57:30 GMT

@lakeland27 wrote:
at least they admitted it i guess.

On 7:30 a Defence person said they are not sure they did cause it. Said not enough evidence yet to know.

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lakeland27 — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:11:06 GMT

@freakiness wrote:
@lakeland27 wrote:
at least they admitted it i guess.
On 7:30 a Defence person said they are not sure they did cause it. Said not enough evidence yet to know.

right. its just that they suspected it might be the case on thursday, i'm sure an investigation will take some time.

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monman12 — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:36:28 GMT

TS: "Defence Force has admitted that its explosives started the State Mine Fire at Lithgow"

Show ua something reliable to underwrite that comment.

nɥºɾ

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not_an_eloi — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 06:41:42 GMT

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/bushfires/nsw-bushfire-started-by-army-a-side-effect/story-fngw0i02-1226745716518

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twinkles**stars — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:37:42 GMT

RIP to the pilot who died this morning while helping to douse the fires.

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not_an_eloi — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:25:36 GMT

that's not technically correct, but the guy's a legend

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/19532564/retired-firefighter-killed-in-light-plane-crash/

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twinkles**stars — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:30:22 GMT

That's another one on his way back from the fires.

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mtnlane — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:30:55 GMT

NAE - that article relates to both losses. The pilot who was lost out of Ulladulla (David Black) was reported to have been flying water bomb missions whereas Mr Brereton was transporting supplies to the firefighters.

Both huge losses

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twinkles**stars — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:32:03 GMT

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/rfs-confirms-that-david-black-died-fighting-fires-when-his-plane-crashed-and-caused-new-blaze/story-fni0cx12-1226745842189

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crystal-gems — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:45:09 GMT

Monman,, the Defence Force's deputy acknowledged and apologised today for starting the fire.

The fallout from this is going to be interesting.

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spotweldersfriend — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:35:10 GMT

Friendly fire.

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not_an_eloi — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:20:24 GMT

abbrott made this comment last thursday

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/18/nsw-bushfires-tony-abbott-says-canberra-will-pay-half-cost-of-rebuilding

hmmm

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fourandsixpants — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:20:26 GMT

So, the defence dept admits to starting one fire.....5 children are being charged for starting some........

.....who or what started the remaining of the total 90+ bush fires, all burning at the same time, in a 'cluster formation, along the coastline in NSW recently?

....rot and rhubarb that global warming hot spots occured here!.....why didn't the global warming event (to those that postulate that this was cause) occur further inland-where the grasslands, pastures and bush floor environ is much drier and denser???

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freakiness — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:49:12 GMT

@paintsew007 wrote:
So, the defence dept admits to starting one fire.....5 children are being charged for starting some........

.....who or what started the remaining of the total 90+ bush fires, all burning at the same time, in a 'cluster formation, along the coastline in NSW recently?

....rot and rhubarb that global warming hot spots occured here!.....why didn't the global warming event (to those that postulate that this was cause) occur further inland-where the grasslands, pastures and bush floor environ is much drier and denser???

Who said global warming events started the fires?

Did they not say climate change will increase the severity of bushfires?

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the_great_she_elephant — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:02:36 GMT

Nobody has ever postulated that Global warming CAUSED any of these fires? Global warming does not Trigger bush fires, it creates conditions which make it much easier for them to be triggered and more intense and extensive when they are triggered.

NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner said in a statement published in The West Australian yesterday: "Never before have we seen the extent of damage and destruction and wide-scale fire activity at this time of year. It is indicative of unseasonably dry hot conditions that have been building now throughout winter and Spring."