Recovery effort on in earnest

Written By Unknown on Senin, 07 Januari 2013 | 19.55

Aurora crews working to restore power after the Lake Repulse fire. Pictures: SAM ROSEWARNE

RECOVERY efforts have started in and around Ellendale as a large bushfire continues to rage in rugged and inaccessible country.

There was no immediate threat to property today from the blaze, which has ripped through about 15,000ha of the Upper Derwent Valley

Scores of workers have moved in to help clear roads, restore power and return a semblance of normality to the area -- even as thick smoke hangs in the air and the fire threat continues.

Police, firefighters, council workers, Aurora staff, Forestry Tasmania personnel, private contractors and volunteers all worked through what was for many their fourth long day in the field.

Aurora staff said they expected to be working 12-hour days for weeks or even months ahead to reconnect power to all customers hit by the fires.

Manning a water tank on a remote forest track, tree feller Robert Firne said the two fires which swept around him on Friday had been an unnerving experience.

"Both of them went past us at the same time -- one of the left side and one on the right -- with about 250m between them," he said.

"It was all over in less than two minutes.

"It was that smoky you couldn't see the front of the car and that hot you couldn't look at it. It wasn't nice."

Active firefighting is expected to continue in the area for many more days. The recovery effort near Ellendale, and around the state, will take much longer.


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