Firefighters faced dangerous comms issues

By Megan Neil
Updated July 3 2020 - 5:51pm, first published 5:49pm
The bushfires royal commission has heard from volunteers who fought the deadly summer blazes.
The bushfires royal commission has heard from volunteers who fought the deadly summer blazes.

Firefighters battling border bushfires or sent interstate have been put in an extremely dangerous situation because the states do not use the same radio communications, volunteers say.

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