Melbourne's urban fringe is at risk of suffering another catastrophic bushfire with experts warning the trees and undergrowth that have grown back since the 2009 Black Saturday fires are now tinder dry.
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| Kinglake West resident Mark Morrow property is still surrounded by dangerous bush. |
Eleven years after 173 people died when fires ripped through the densely-populated and heavily-forested foothills north-east of Melbourne, emergency experts say the bush has recovered to the point where it will be a genuine fire risk if hot temperatures persist this summer.
Read the story from The Age by Liam Mannix - “‘It’s a deathtrap': 11 years after Black Saturday, hills set to burn.”
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