70 new cameras hidden in state forests to stop arson attacks

Letitia Fitzpatrick
Updated September 24 2017 - 2:14pm, first published September 23 2017 - 12:27pm
More hidden cameras are being installed in our forests to stop people lighting fires deliberately.
More hidden cameras are being installed in our forests to stop people lighting fires deliberately.

Seventy extra hidden cameras have been set up in State forests around Wauchope, Taree, the Hunter, Coffs and Casino areas this week and ranger patrols are being ramped up in all State forests to catch arsonists.

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Letitia Fitzpatrick

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Senior journalist, Wauchope Gazette

Worked as a journalist and assistant producer for BBC news and current affairs in the UK, Ulster Television, Q Radio and the Irish News in Northern Ireland. Moved to Australia and joined Fairfax Media in 2016. Won a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award in 2018 for reporting the Pappinbarra bushfires and the subsequent Rotary appeal which raised $30,000.

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