Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Fire fighting mess: a helicopter drew up liquid from the wrong pond at the nearby sewage treatment plant and dropped it on 50 firefighters

Australia: A RURAL Fire Service investigation is under way after untreated water from a sewage plant was dumped on volunteer firefighters battling a blaze on the mid-north coast.

Up to 50 firefighters and four aircraft were working on the 30ha bushfire at Kew, near Port Macquarie, on Tuesday when a helicopter mistakenly drew up the wastewater from the wrong pond at the nearby sewage treatment plant and dropped it on them.

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