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Anzacs honoured SCHOOLS throughout South Gippsland were prominent at all Anzac Day services on Saturday. Left, laying a wreath on behalf of Leongatha Secondary College were school captains, from left, Taylah Darmanin, Ashley Newton and Abby Bolge. Absent Phoebe Lamb-Hale. Above, Inverloch’s Kobie Effern held onto a poppy during the Inverloch Anzac Day service.
Anzac Day coverage across South Gippsland - pages 13-17
FIRE FEARS Wonthaggi arson attacks scare residents By Tayla Kershaw WONTHAGGI residents are on high alert as police chase a firebug in the wake of four fires over the weekend.
Fast response: firefighters attend to one of the homes targeted by the arsonist. Right, House destroyed: the Broome Crescent home in Wonthaggi was secured following the fire early Sunday morning.
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The blazes follow two blazes at neighbouring properties in Wonthaggi on Friday, April 17. News of the latest fires worried 11 year old Chad Cameron, whose family lives in Garden Street, in the vicinity of houses targeted. The boy is particularly concerned as the arsonist set vacant houses alight and the house beside his family is empty. “I’m scared because next door might catch on fire. I’m worried about my family staying safe,” he said. Chad’s mother Sandra Wingate said her son had started listening for strange noises and yelling at teenagers near his house. “He can see the houses that have been set on fire as he goes past on the way to school,” she said. CFA operations officer David Murdoch
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said the fires were suspicious and most likely related. He said firefighters are extra vigilant in the wake of the attacks, in case more fires are lit. “If members of the public see anything suspicious, report it to the police immediately,” Mr Murdoch said. Firefighters were called to the first incident in Broome Crescent at 11.47pm Saturday. The
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vacant house was well alight when firefighters arrived and it could not be saved. Wonthaggi and Inverloch CFA units responded to the initial call. While fighting the fire, they were notified another fire had been lit on a front porch in the same street. Wonthaggi and Inverloch firefighters were able to save the house from further damage. Continued on page 4.
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