Stubble caution
Essential Energy is reminding farmers to take care when burning crop stubble or conducting general burn-off activities around electrical infrastructure to avoid sparking a potentially dangerous and costly network incident.
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Regional Manager Southern, Steven Ilitch, said a recent power pole fire on a property in Southern NSW had been caused by stubble burn-off activities. “Luckily, no one was injured on this occasion, however, the fire damaged two power poles.”
