page_title: Pulletop bushfire
hierarchical_section_title: Pulletop bushfire
caption_attribution_description: Pulleytop bushfire could be seen from Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. The fire started as a little grass fire lit by a spark from a tractor, by mid afternoon the fire was an out of control bushfire. This fire was the second largest fire recorded in the 2005/2006 Fire Season. Because this photograph concerns privacy since this was taken on a private property, only an approximate location is provided: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
context_page_description: The Pulletop bushfire, officially referred to as the Wandoo fire, started on the 6 February 2006 in hot dry and windy weather conditions approximately 30 kilometres southeast of Wagga Wagga in the Australian state of New South Wales. The fire was thought to have been started by sparks from a tractor on a property at Pulletop which quickly got out of control. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service declared a bushfire emergency and the Hume Highway was closed late in the afternoon with fears that the fire would threaten the towns of Humula, Book Book, Livingstone and Kyeamba after 10 square kilometres of farmland was burnt. By 7 February 2006 milder conditions helped firefighters to control the fire burning in inaccessible country.
context_section_description: The Pulletop bushfire, officially referred to as the Wandoo fire, started on the 6 February 2006 in hot dry and windy weather conditions approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Wagga Wagga in the Australian state of New South Wales. The fire was thought to have been started by sparks from a tractor on a property at Pulletop which quickly got out of control. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service declared a bushfire emergency and the Hume Highway was closed late in the afternoon with fears that the fire would threaten the towns of Humula, Book Book, Livingstone and Kyeamba after 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi) of farmland was burnt.  By 7 February 2006 milder conditions helped firefighters to control the fire burning in inaccessible country.
caption: The Pulletop bushfire as seen from Wagga Wagga
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