IDDFIREB034          

Issued at 1500 hours CST on Wednesday 16 October 2019.

The Chief Fire Control Officer, Bushfires NT and the Acting Director, NT Fire and Rescue Service have declared a 24 HOUR FIRE BAN PERIOD for Thursday 17 October 2019 for the following areas.     

DARWIN AND ADELAIDE RIVER FIRE WEATHER FORECAST AREA

The Fire Ban is declared for a 24 hour period commencing at 0000 hours on Thursday 17 October 2019. 

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.

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

The Fire Ban is valid from midnight to midnight.

For further information regarding Fire Bans and other Fire Restrictions contact Bushfires NT on (08) 8922 0844 or visit https://securent.nt.gov.au/alerts or www.bushfires.nt.gov.au/incidentmap