Elphinstone CFA captain blames new wire rope barriers for spread of Faraday grass fire

William Vallely
Updated February 19 2018 - 1:33pm, first published February 18 2018 - 5:30pm
WATER: A firefighter carrying a hose during Sunday's grass fire is pictured behind the wire rope barriers on the Calder Highway. Picture: NONI HYETT
WATER: A firefighter carrying a hose during Sunday's grass fire is pictured behind the wire rope barriers on the Calder Highway. Picture: NONI HYETT

Firefighters have again taken aim at the contentious wire rope barriers on the Calder Highway, with a Country Fire Authority captain suggesting it was “only a matter of time before someone gets hurt or killed”.

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