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Bushfire experts warn expanding suburbs in Canberra's west will leave new homes 'in the line of fire'

Bushfire experts say bigger buffer zones are needed between Canberra's new housing developments and neighbouring bushland.  (ABC News: Greg Nelson)

Bushfire experts have raised concerns about moves to build new suburbs to the west of Canberra – saying homes built there would be directly in the "line of fire".

The ACT government has begun an assessment of a 10,000 hectare swathe of land for future city expansion, known as the Western Edge Investigation Area.

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