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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