BUSHFIRES NT MESSAGE – FIRE BAN ADVICE – DARWIN AND ADELAIDE RIVER

NT Government

The Chief Fire Control Officer, Bushfires NT and the Director, Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service have declared a 24-HOUR FIRE BAN PERIOD for Wednesday 9 August 2023 for the following areas:

DARWIN, ADELAIDE RIVER WEATHER FORECAST AREA.

This includes DARWIN, ADELAIDE RIVER, AND BATCHELOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AREAS, the LITCHFIELD MUNICIPALITY, AND COOMALIE SHIRE.

The Fire Ban is declared for a 24-hour period commencing at 0000 hours on Wednesday 9 August 2023.

No person shall light a fire or cause a fire to be lit in the open in the portion of the Northern Territory within the fire ban areas.

The Fire Ban is valid from midnight to midnight.

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