Firefighting costs out of control

By Tim Barlass
February 17 2013 - 3:00am
Scorched earth … fire explodes out of the Grose Valley near the Bells Line of Road.
Scorched earth … fire explodes out of the Grose Valley near the Bells Line of Road.

Helicopter water-bombing of bushfires has been blasted by Rural Fire Service volunteers as a waste of taxpayers' money, amid claims that fighting the Coonabarabran fire may have cost as much as $35 million.

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