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Fire danger highlighted

Spring has well and truly sprung in Swan Hill.
By Peter Bannan

FIRE authorities were on high alert in the Mallee yesterday as the first total fire ban of the 2025/26 fire season was declared. Temperatures reached the high 30s in Swan Hill with authorities concerned about a wind change late in the afternoon. This first Total Fire Ban came three weeks earlier than last year’s, which […]

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