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8 May 2025
Emergency Services
Firefighters contain slow moving Chiltern scrub fire

UP IN SMOKE: Around 10 CFA units responded to a scrub fire in the Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park on Tuesday afternoon as the authority urged landowners to take extra care around burn-offs this month. PHOTO: Beechworth Fire Brigade

A THREE-acre scrub fire in the Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park was contained by local brigades on Tuesday afternoon.

A CFA spokesperson said 10 CFA units responsed to the blaze around 2:27pm on Barambogie Road, Chiltern.

Among those brigades was the Beechworth Fire Brigade, who said the fire “escalated quickly” due to dry and windy conditions.

The CFA spokesperson said the fire was burning s...

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