Burning techniques blamed for Victoria fires

Unseasonably wet weather is being blamed for a failure to meet prescribed burning targets in some of Victoria's most fire-prone regions, Luke Waters reports.

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Published 23 January 2012 6:22pm

Updated 26 August 2013 9:20am

Source: SBS

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Unseasonably wet weather is being blamed for a failure to meet prescribed burning targets in some of Victoria's most fire-prone regions.

But as the state's hottest month approaches, several communities are said to be still exposed in extreme bushfire conditions - and now there's criticism of the targets themselves.

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