Fire-bombing after dark gets green light for expanded trial across Western Victoria.

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Updated November 14 2018 - 1:48pm, first published 1:30pm
READY: Emergency Services commissioner Andrew Crisp at Ballarat airfield with one of the two firebombing helicopters approved to fight fires after dark. Picture: LACHLAN BENCE
READY: Emergency Services commissioner Andrew Crisp at Ballarat airfield with one of the two firebombing helicopters approved to fight fires after dark. Picture: LACHLAN BENCE

NIGHTTIME aerial firefighting will start from December 1 as an Australian-first trial, based in Ballarat, moves in to its second phase.

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Michelle Smith

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