Grass fire threatens windfarm

GIANT STRUCTURES: Fire-fighters battled a number of blazes in the vicinity of the German Flat wind turbines in recent days. Picture: J.L. "FRED" SMITH[/caption] GIANT wind turbines worth several million dollars were undamaged by fires on the surrounding grazing land at German Flat near Tantanoola over the weekend. The first blaze was reported at around 11pm on Saturday and burnt approximately 40 hectares (100 acres) of pasture land, damaging stock feed and fencing.