Tenterden, Western Australia
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Tenterden is a town located 328 km south east of Perth in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The townsite was one of the original sidings on the Great Southern Railway line.
[edit] 2003 Fire
On December 27, 2003, two live power lines clashed and shorted out resulting in a large bushfire. Two local women died in the fire. Crop, property and stock damage was estimated to be in the millions of dollars. In December 2005, Western Power was fined $17,500 by a magistrate, having been taken to court by the Office of Energy Safety for failing to maintain a safe power network. [1] [2]
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