Topic: Bushfires wildfires 'Delay' in dispatching aerial help on Black Saturday

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'Delay' in dispatching aerial help on Black Saturday


The Royal Commission into Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires has been told the first water-bombing aircraft was not sent to fight the Marysville fire until 45 minutes after it started.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/07/2678500.htm