 Just to give you an update on the situation with the fire element at this of the mine at the moment. Most of the surface area of the mine, most of the fire of the surface area of the mine now is extinguished and what we're working on is quite numerous hot spots that are a little bit deep-seated. So we're working with the mine industry at the moment to actually dig out those hot spots to extinguish the fire. So that's what we're working on at the moment but effectively we're still hopeful with a little bit of rain in the foreseeable future. We'll really be able to extinguish this fire. So as I say, most of the surface area has been extinguished and we're working on hot spots in the fire which is all good news from our point of view. How are things looking for tomorrow? Tomorrow we're preparing for interesting enough a bushfire around the broader Gippsland area. We don't envisage there'll be too many difficult problems with the actual mine itself because most of the surface area has been extinguished. So it'll be just business as usual for us to continue to find those hot spots and dig them out and extinguish them. What proportion of the area that had been on fire do you think is extinguished now still? Look, 90-95% we've got two hot spots left. One was actually extinguished last night. We've got one small spot left that we're working on at the moment. There's a lot of heat still in the mine and still some smoke coming up but there's no actual fire and some of that is emanating from deep spots within the mine. It doesn't say we're digging out but look, most of the surface area is extinguished which is great from our point of view. And literally just one hot spot? Absolutely, yeah, one spot. Look, there's some other areas that are giving off smoke but not from surface fires. It's actually underground. We've got one spot left in the mine that still has fire in it but most of it is just hot now and we're extinguishing those hot spots but the work now is about finding deeper bedded fire, digging it up and extinguishing it. So we're right down to that sort of layer of trying to extinguish this fire. And how deep is some of that deepest? Look, it's only, you know, it wouldn't be more than a metre. In fact, it's not even that. In a lot of cases it's about scraping the surface and finding a bit of fire and extinguishing it. So we're working pretty hard to do that at the moment which is pretty good news for us. So there's a big light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. You're still working towards Tuesday to have the fire declared safe and does safe mean it's out? It's envisaged that potentially there'll be hot spots in this for some time but certainly rain will help us without a doubt. We do hope by Tuesday, look, if I'm confident, potentially even before that we'll have all the surface extinguished but we probably won't have all the hot spots extinguished underground by that period of time. So for us the fire is well and truly contained or bordering on safe by that period of time, absolutely. But they could, the hot spots, sorry Rhianna, the hot spots could burn for weeks or what timeframe we're talking about? They could but we'll continue to work to dig those up and put them out because there's quite a number of them but it's just normal process that we would do in a fire such as this. When is the CFA likely to hand over management of the mine to the operators? Well, we will transition and we're already working with DHS to move to the recovery phase of this particular fire but we work all together. I mean we don't walk away as such so even when it transitions into recovery the fire agencies, so it's not just CFA the fire agencies will remain and support in both engaging communities in making sure we're measuring the toxicity level etc. So that all remains in place and we work in partnership if you like when that happens. So it's not a matter that we just pack up and walk away we'll work together to make sure the community and the mine people are safe. What's the latest forecast in terms of whether expected this week? Yeah, great question. Look we're hoping... And what kind of impacts is it like right now? Yeah, look we love rain I've got to say. There's about 10 mil on Saturday night, Sunday morning and I hope that comes. Originally it was forecasted for a bit more than that but certainly rain will help us, no doubt about that and it'll help particularly on the base of the mine on the floor of the mine extinguish a lot of it'll seep down and extinguish some of that deeper bedded fire that we have so pretty keen to get some rain I've got to say so we will get a little bit on Saturday Sunday night but after that there's nothing in the forecasted period that we've been told about. So I don't know if we can pray or we can do whatever we can for Huey to do the right thing by us it would certainly be appreciated, yeah. Alright thank you. Well as you've heard the air quality unfortunately has not been quite good enough over the last couple of days for us to lift our temporary relocation advice. I think we're almost there and as you can see today the air quality is very good at the moment but just hasn't been quite consistently good enough over the last couple of days. So as I've mentioned before we're constantly reassessing this we're constantly in touch with the Environment Protection Authority and we will lift that advice as soon as we possibly can and I'm very hopeful that with the continued progress on the fire that you've heard that hopefully will be within the next few days. In the meantime we've produced some additional advice about cleaning up in anticipation of people returning to their homes in the southern part of Morwell and of course for people who have remained there and for people in other parts of Morwell. We've produced some additional advice about cleaning up if there is significant amounts of ash around your property and we have produced some information on how to fit a mask if you are cleaning up large amounts of ash particularly if you have a heart or lung condition like a 65 it might be a good idea to wear a mask to minimise your exposure to the fine dust particles. We must remember that the ash itself is not toxic so it contains normal compounds which you would normally find in ash and it's fine to dig that into your garden to fertilise your garden. However when you are cleaning up it's important to try not to spread the ash and dust around the place because you will generate fine particles into the air. So that's why we recommend if possible wet mopping or dusting rather than dry dusting. If you are sweeping large areas try and sweep gently and then follow up with wet mopping and particularly outside don't use leaf blowers as that will just spread the dust around. Indoors you should use a vacuum cleaner with a special filter called a HEPA filter. Now the La Trobe City Council has some of these available for loan so you can contact the La Trobe City Council about those and there will be further details about assistance provided for cleanup which will be announced through the La Trobe City Council next week I believe. Is there any chance the health and relocation advice might be lifted this weekend doctor? No I wouldn't anticipate lifting it before Monday. And what do you need to lift it? What kind of conditions do you need to lift it? Perhaps in terms of the air quality indicators from the EPA website or what do you need? We do need several days of good air quality from the EPA. You will have seen probably yesterday that the air quality in the southern part of Morwell unfortunately went back into the poor for some parts of the day but this morning as I said has gone back to good air quality we'd like to see that continue for a couple of days yet. Tell us about the Health Assessment Centre. I'm still open here. Are people still coming in? People are still coming in. Over 1900 people have attended since the first day it opened and I believe 13 people have attended today. So the attendance has dropped off. I think people who've attended have found it a very valuable service and fortunately we're still not seeing anything that would concern us in terms of serious health effects. There are some claims from a group in the Latrobe Valley that there's been up to 45 children to present at Latrobe Regional Hospital with breathing issues. Would you dismiss that as being untrue? The information that's been provided to me from the Latrobe Hospital is that they haven't seen any increase in presentations which would be ascribed to any conditions from the fire. So I haven't heard that particular statement but that's certainly not the information that's been provided to me. For people who are at risk from the smoke and ash is it a good idea for them to be engaging in the cleanup? It would obviously be better if they were able to get someone else to assist them but if they don't have anyone to assist them well making sure they wear a mask, wear a gown and gloves and wash their hands carefully is the best way to protect themselves from the effects of breathing in the fine particles. Would you say in terms of timing of cleanup should they start cleaning now or should it be progressive or should they actually just wait until I guess you lift the relocation advance? I expect people will have been cleaning their houses all along and that's a good thing to clean up progressively so that the ash and dust doesn't get to accumulate in large amounts. Have people followed the health advice? Has the community followed your warnings and listened carefully? Have many people left town? I do know that DHS has given out over 600 first relocation grants and about 270 second relocation grants so once the time for relocation went over a week so I think that people have heard the message and accessed the necessary government help for that. I'll tell you that means that some people have gone away twice and got two payments. That's correct, yes. All stayed away and received a second payment to assist them staying away. Oh, now we have Natasha who's one of the staff from the centre here who's going to demonstrate how to put on a P2 mask correctly so you get a good fit. The main aim is to ensure correct fitting That's cool. People don't have thoughts.