ACT Parks and Conservation Service advises that a 94.4 hectare hazard reduction burn will be conducted along the Ashbrook fire trail to the west of the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve today, weather permitting. The burn, which could take up to two days, will reduce fire fuel loads.
The burn is one of several burns conducted over coming weeks which will collectively total over 7000 hectares. For the duration of the burns significant amounts of smoke is expected in the sky across the ACT.
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