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Sleeping out for a cause The library teams across the Yarra Ranges dressed in casual attire on Friday 9 May in support of Your Library chief executive officer Dr Karina Lamb taking part in the upcoming Vinnies CEO Sleepout. Raising awareness about homelessness, the CEO Sleepout invites the leaders of companies to sleep rough for a single night. Getting behind their leader, the library staff used their casual dress to promote and support Dr Lamb in her personal pursuit to help a worthy cause. To see more, turn to page 2
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Out of control... firefighters from across the region attended and were required throughout the day to ensure it stayed under control. “It was brought under control around 4am but had burnt out approximately three acres which meant a lot of blacking out was going to be required,” Warburton CFA captain Ron McIntosh said. In the Dandenong Ranges, Emerald CFA Cap-
tain Klaus Brodeck said their brigade attended no fewer than six incidents since Saturday 3 May. “They do vary from burn-offs that have run up a tree, or the resident hasn’t been actually manning the fire and they’ve lost control and it’s spread to a neighbour’s property, to other ones which have been large burn piles which again may not have been supervised,” he said. To read more, turn to page 3
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preventable fires caused by unattended burn offs, one in a backyard which spread to a nearby shed and unfortunately, a car was burned in the blaze. The second saw 30 metres of fence line and trees burned. Some fires, which had been lit safely during the day, reignited overnight with higher winds carrying the blaze, like one in Warburton. Paged at around 1.50am on Tuesday 6 May,
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An unseasonably warm start to May saw many caught out while burning off once the end of the fire danger period occurred earlier this month. Firefighters responded to numerous out-ofcontrol burn offs throughout the Yarra Ranges within the first few days of the danger period lifting, igniting a reminder that while you can burn off, it doesn’t mean you should. Mt Evelyn Fire Brigade reported attending two