'Like nothing we've seen': Queensland bushfires tear through rainforest
by Ben Smee from Environment | The Guardian on (#4PXKD)
Fires that swept though subtropical rainforest around the historic Binna Burra lodge are unprecedented, experts say
Queensland's former fire commissioner says an erratic bushfire front that climbed into the state's subtropical rainforest and razed the 86-year-old Binna Burra Lodge is "like nothing we've ever seen before".
"What we're seeing, it's just not within people's imagination," said Lee Johnson, who spent 12 years in charge of Queensland's fire service.
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