Hundreds of tyres dumped in bush near Gympie
Letter writer wants the council to take action
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
I ONCE again draw Gympie Regional Council's attention to a dump of at least 300 old tyres in bushland on a property near the old mining crusher site.
There is now a fresh deposit of about 200 old tyres stacked adjacent to the house on this property. These could easily be rolled down into the bush, near the original heap, out of sight.
The original tyre dump came close to catching fire two years ago.
The common prevailing winds would see resultant toxic smoke from any fire drift over Gympie.
(Name withheld)
East Deep Creek
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Originally published as Hundreds of tyres dumped in bush near Gympie
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