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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.
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