Firefighters and property owner among those injured as megablaze burns on both sides of the Murray River in the Snowy Mountains and upper Murray region 1.49am GMT Helen Haines told ABC24 that the economic impact of these bushfires on her electorate would be “massive”. Including, potentially, the loss of the entire 2020 vintage from some vineyards due to smoke taint. We are a wine region. We are concerned about ongoing smoke issues and smoke taint could destroy entire vintages. We are examining that issue particularly. These are just a few things but we are very, very concerned that this is going to take significant recovery but we’re not even at the recovery point. We are still in the acute fire face. 1.42am GMT Helen Haines is the independent MP for the federal electorate of Indi, which covers the areas burning in both the Corryong and Abbeyard fires. She spoke to ABC24 earlier, and said the fire risk remains high. [Some] people have elected to stay and people are tired from evacuating several times.We have months to go. At the moment, yes, [we have] some respite with lovely calm conditions. A lovely gentle breeze. But this is only early January, and our hottest period in this region is February. People are tired.” Continue reading…
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