| Pulletop bushfire | |
| Reference: | [1] |
| Date: | – |
| Location: | Pulletop, Riverina, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates: | -35.5108°N 147.4467°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia New South Wales |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the fire in New South Wales |
| Area: | 9000ha |
| Cause: | Spark from a tractor |
| Landuse: | Farmland |
The Pulletop bushfire, officially referred to as the Wandoo fire, started on the 6 February 2006 in hot dry and windy weather conditions approximately southeast of Wagga Wagga in the Australian state of New South Wales.[2] 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[3] late in the afternoon with fears that the fire would threaten the towns of Humula, Book Book, Livingstone and Kyeamba after of farmland was burnt.[2] [4] By 7 February 2006 milder conditions helped firefighters to control the fire burning in inaccessible country.[5] [6] [7]
Over 9000ha of farmland was burnt and the following damage reported:[8]