Councillor Mitchell Pakes addressing bushfires in 2018.

Shoalhaven Councillor Mitchell Pakes speaks on the 2018 bushfires. Video supplied by Shoalhaven Council

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00:00Hi everybody, well I thought it'd be appropriate at the end of what's been a

00:03very scary day for a lot of our residents just do a quick update. Firstly

00:07I just want to thank all our residents and ratepayers today that have

00:11cooperated with all our emergency services. It's been a scary day for our

00:14city but we've all grouped together as we always do to pull through. Firstly I'd

00:20just like to acknowledge and thank the Rural Fire Service volunteers and all

00:23the Fire and Rescue staff members that have been here today in the city to

00:27combat this bushfire emergency. At the start of the day there was lots of

00:34concerns that we may see some property loss not only in the Ulladulla area but

00:39also the the now Abominary area. I'm very proud and very happy to say that at the

00:45end of the day we've recorded a couple of sheds and maybe some fences that have

00:48been lost but no major loss of any infrastructure including council and

00:52private and no loss of life and this was a very fast intense moving fire that

00:57burnt through the Abominary area this morning.