<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d979693f-64fc-403a-a159-e565da6cfdaf/59130044-8487-4283-9FF4-CC0D74EA2CC3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://nenews.com.au/Stories/chStory04.htm" href="http://nenews.com.au/Stories/chStory04.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">nenews.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://nenews.com.au/Stories/chStory04.htm"><P>WANGARATTA firefighters are bracing for another extreme fire season this year.</p> <P>Country Fire Authority operations officer, Ashley Mills, said little rain and above average temperatures over winter has meant the threat of fire has come early.</p> <P>"<B>The fire season usually comes in November,</B>" he said.</p> <P>"<B>But I think when you look at the fuels around Wangaratta, to a certain extent the fire season is already here.</B>"</p> <P>The CFA has already identified Eldorado, Wangaratta North and Everton as high risk fire areas in the local district.</p> <P>Members have also begun developing fire plans for the Warby Range, after viewing the expanse of dry undergrowth, and large amount of the established trees which have died off, during a visit to the hills on Wednesday.</p> <P>"<B>It’s no cause for alarm, but it’s just something we need to be vigilant about and enhance our response plans to,</B>" Mr Mills said.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/59130044-8487-4283-9FF4-CC0D74EA2CC3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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