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Blaze stopped in Barooga

A grass fire which threatened to burn a Barooga home and multiple sheds at the weekend was pulled up before it could cause significant damage.

Rural Fire Service crews from a number of brigades in Berrigan Shire were called to the blaze on Stillards Rd, Barooga about 5.30pm Sunday.

The suspected cause was sparks from a nearby powerline.

The fire burnt around 20 hectares of land, but firefighting efforts prevented it from spreading to the nearby home and sheds.

Firefighters battled the blaze for about 90 minutes.

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Last Wednesday, a small grass fire at Savernake was reported to the Berrigan Rural Fire Service at 1am.

The fire was extinguished quickly, which kept the fire quite small and resulting in very little damage to the area.