# Linton Bushfire > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Linton_Bushfire > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Linton_Bushfire.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linton_Bushfire > Source revision: 1326623843 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Natural disaster in Victoria, Australia}} {{Nofootnotes|date=February 2008}} The '''Linton Bushfire''' was a [wildfire](/source/wildfire) that burned through private land and state forests near the township of [Linton, Victoria](/source/Linton%2C_Victoria), [Australia](/source/Australia) on 2 December 1998. Firefighters from the [Victorian](/source/Victoria_(Australia)) state government's [Department of Natural Resources and Environment](/source/Department_of_Natural_Resources_and_Environment_(Victoria)) and the [Country Fire Authority](/source/Country_Fire_Authority) (CFA) were deployed to put out the fire. At approximately 8.45pm, two firefighting appliances and their crews were entrapped and engulfed in fire following an unexpected wind change. The bushfire covered a maximum land of 660 hectares of private and public land. ==Accident== The crew of one of those appliances, five men from [Geelong](/source/Geelong), who were all volunteers from the [Geelong West](/source/Geelong_West) Fire Brigade were killed. The [coronial inquest](/source/inquest) examining the fire and the deaths, was one of the longest-running inquests in the history of the state. It was this inquest, that led to changes in safety operating procedures in the SA [Country Fire Service](/source/Country_Fire_Service) and Victorian [Country Fire Authority](/source/Country_Fire_Authority), relating to the [Dead Man Zone](/source/Dead_Man_Zone). ==Firefighters== The five [Geelong West](/source/Geelong_West) volunteer firefighters that died in the Linton fire were Christopher Evans, Garry Vredeveldt, Stuart Davidson, Jason Thomas and Matthew Armstrong.{{cite web |last1=Johnstone |first1=Graeme (State Coroner) |last2=Gyorffy |first2=Tom |last3=Livermore |first3=Garry |title=Report of the Investigation and Inquests into a Wildfire and the Deaths of Five Firefighters at Linton on 2 December 1998 |url=https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.vic-engage.files/5814/8610/1351/Attachment_-_UFU_Submission_to_FSR_-_ANNEXURE_34_1.pdf |publisher=State Coroner's Office, Victoria |accessdate=10 January 2020 |date=11 January 2002 |page=278 |archive-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301234241/https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.vic-engage.files/5814/8610/1351/Attachment_-_UFU_Submission_to_FSR_-_ANNEXURE_34_1.pdf |url-status=dead }} Section=14.1.28 A memorial for the firefighters was placed in West Park, [Geelong West](/source/Geelong_West). Another one was put in [Linton, Victoria](/source/Linton%2C_Victoria). [Grovedale College](/source/Grovedale_College), who lost a former pupil in the fire, instituted an award named after Jason Thomas, for the student who has best served the community. ==See also== * [List of disasters in Australia by death toll](/source/List_of_disasters_in_Australia_by_death_toll) ==References== {{reflist}} *[https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.vic-engage.files/5814/8610/1351/Attachment_-_UFU_Submission_to_FSR_-_ANNEXURE_34_1.pdf Report of the Investigation and Inquests into a Wildfire and the Deaths of Five Firefighters at Linton on 2 December 1998] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301234241/https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.vic-engage.files/5814/8610/1351/Attachment_-_UFU_Submission_to_FSR_-_ANNEXURE_34_1.pdf |date=1 March 2021 }}, State Coroner's Office, Victoria (11 January 2002) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050616112555/http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/documents/entrapment-linton.pdf Reducing the Risk of Entrapment in Wildfires: A case study of the Linton fire, 2 December 1998](pdf) ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160109172940/http://geelongwest-cfa.org.au/ Geelong West Fire Brigade] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050127002733/http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2002/s456963.htm ABC's 7:30 Report transcript] - Coroner's report criticises CFA for 1998 bushfire tragedy {{coord|37|40|45.07|S|143|33|37.26|E|type:landmark_region:AU|display=title}} {{Bushfires in Australia}} Category:1990s in Victoria (state) Category:1990s fires in Oceania Category:1998 fires Category:Bushfires in Victoria (state) Category:1990s wildfires Category:1998 disasters in Australia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Linton Bushfire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linton_Bushfire) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linton_Bushfire?action=history)). 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