Good and bad news in bush fires.
Death toll down.
But at the beginning of fires,police closed road but people have
not been
told to leave.Rumors even say frens and relatives of
police and fire departments
were informed,but not ordinary people.read below for proof.
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Gary Hughes | 12:48pm THE death toll from the Black Saturday bushfires
has been downgraded to 173 - 37 fewer than previously estimated by
authorities.
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''Residents say some of the police roadblocks were set up
hours ahead of the approaching firefronts, but no attempt was made
to warn them the fires were coming and they should leave.
In some cases, residents with friends or relatives in the
Country Fire Authority were unofficially tipped off to get out as quickly as
possible, despite there being no formal warning to
communities.
Angry residents of fire-ravaged communities now want to know
why they received no official warnings, despite police and the CFA
clearly knowing where the fires were and in which direction they
were heading.''
