WA:Bushfires devastate mid-west region

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-2011
WA:Bushfires devastate mid-west region

Pastoralists in Western Australia's mid-west are facing millions of dollars in losses
after nine bushfires swept through 15-hundred square-kilometres of prime grazing land
this week.

Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA spokesman EDGAR RICHARDSON says livestock
farmers had been preparing for their best season in years, after heavy seasonal rains,
before the fires struck.

He says it's a disaster for these farmers who've been going through a series of droughts
for quite a few years.

Mr RICHARDSON says it's too early to count livestock losses but has estimated the cost
to the industry would be at least three million dollars.

Graziers will meet with local authorities on Monday to assess the damage.

AAP RTV csb/sw

KEYWORD: BUSHFIRE GRAZING (PERTH)

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