How a landing light from a Defence MRH-90 Taipan helicopter sparked the Orroral Valley fire

Katie Burgess
Updated January 29 2020 - 7:43am, first published 7:42am
ACT Emergency Services Agency Commissioner, Georgeina Whelan and Namadgi National Park Area Manager Brett McNamara disembark from an MRH-90 Taipan helicopter at Mt Ginini. Picture: Department of Defence
ACT Emergency Services Agency Commissioner, Georgeina Whelan and Namadgi National Park Area Manager Brett McNamara disembark from an MRH-90 Taipan helicopter at Mt Ginini. Picture: Department of Defence

What began as a reconnaissance mission deep in the Namadgi National Park is now an out-of-control bushfire racing towards Canberra's urban edge.

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Katie Burgess

Katie Burgess

Federal politics reporter

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