Vic: Glenelg bushfire engulfs 1,300 ha

AAP General News (Australia)
01-19-2000
Vic: Glenelg bushfire engulfs 1,300 ha

MELBOURNE, Jan 18 AAP - A large bushfire which forced the evacuation of 200 campers
from the Glenelg National Park on Victoria's border with South Australia was continuing
to blaze out of control, firefighters said.

The fire had engulfed 1,300 hectares of pine plantation and national park by late tonight,
said a spokeswoman for the Victorian Department of Natural Resources (DNRE).

It began on private land six kilometres east of Nelson this afternoon.

She said 160 firefighters would battle the fire through the night and additional firecrews
were …