Good morning Canberra. Fires burn in Namadgi National Park, and it's more hot and windy conditions today with a top of 36 forecast. Here's the headlines.
Residents in Canberra's most southern suburbs prepared for ember attacks and loaded their cars in case they needed to escape quickly as the Orroral Valley fire raged on Tuesday.
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Times Past
About 120 Chifley homes had been damaged by a six million-litre water deluge on this day in 1994. A burst water main impacted three streets in the suburb, resulting in flooded basements and garages, buckled gates and fences, ripped up pavements, and debris dumped in backyards. A story on the front page of The Canberra Times reported the former ACTEW Corporation would not take responsibility for the damage. READ MORE
