Victoria bushfire update, some telecommunication services down

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Bushfires have damaged the Mount William communications tower in the Grampians, impacting some communities' internet and phone services. Update by VicEmergency on December 27, 2024 at 12pm.

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00:00The Grampians has now burned over 75,000 hectares so that is one significant fire

00:05and that will continue to burn for weeks as the wind changes to the north, south, east or west

00:11over the coming days and weeks that will continue to burn. One of the consequences of the fires is

00:16the Mount William Towers. There are three towers up on top of Mount William that service a range

00:23of functions and areas from mobile networks for emergency services through to Air Services

00:29Australia as well as Optus services, NBN services. We have just been advised recently one of those

00:38towers has just been restored. The one that remains outstanding is for NBN and Optus but

00:44these were impacted also because the power lines on the way to those towers have been impacted by

00:49the fire. So our resources down on the ground there are looking to make it safe to try and

00:55get assets in there to repair those power lines. Power Corp is actively involved with our emergency

01:01service colleagues. There are backup systems on top of the mountain, generators and battery systems.

01:08We're able to use some aerial assets to get our technicians in there to also

01:12restore some of those generators so that will be a significant focus for us.

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