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Local officers double down to help in fires

Julian WrightStirling Times

Sergeant Bevan Roe and Constable Darren Norman spent two days in Yarloop to assist with co-ordinating road blocks during the blaze that claimed more than 160 homes and killed two men.

Mirrabooka officer-in-charge Neil Morton-Smith said his staff spent 30 hours in two days assisting.

“They went down on January 9 and did 16 hours, came back to Perth then went back down on the 10th and did 14 hours,” Senior Sergeant Morton-Smith said.

He said officers from other Perth metro stations were also sent down.

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More than 100 fire fighters fought the blaze last week. The blaze that started on Wednesday, January 6, burned more than 71,000ha.

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