http://tinyurl.com/bw7b9e Melbourne's water catchment might soon be under threat from bushfires and there are concerns for the Longford gas plant east of the Bunyip blaze. Country Fire Authority (CFA) Deputy Chief Fire Officer Steve Warrington said the Thompson Reservoir in the Upper Yarra Valley, northeast of Melbourne , a major catchment for Melbourne's water supply, could come under threat. And there were fears that if the Bunyip and Kinglake fires merged and were then fanned by northerly winds forecast for Saturday, more towns and communities would be in peril. "We are closely monitoring the weather, which way the wind comes from, the speed of the wind and the temperature," Mr Warrington said. He said the Bunyip fire was active on its northern front in inaccessible terrain. "Thompson Reservoir is a concern because of the long-term impacts for water catchment in Victoria," Mr Warrington told reporters. "A fire in the catchment is something of significance in the immediate term and in the longer term if the water harvest is affected by the destruction of the catchment. "There is a huge effort going on minimising the impact of that fire as we speak. "And everything is being done to prevent the fire reaching the gas plant at Longford." In September 1998, an explosion at the plant killed two workers and severely depleted Victoria's energy supplies for two weeks. Longford receives oil and natural gas from production platforms in Bass Strait. --- 澳洲yahoo的首頁 http://au.yahoo.com/ 看來這場大火要完全撲滅,還有得等 -- 個人心目中的F-1車神:Alberto Ascari、Juan Manuel Fangio、Jim Clark 、Jackie Stewart、Gilles Villeneuve、Alain Prost、Nigel Mansell、Ayrton Senna 、Michael Schumacher、Stirling Moss 最喜愛的F-1名車手:Ronnie Peterson、Damon Hill、Mika Hakkinen、Kimi Raikkonen --

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