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Environment
Poppy Johnston

Urban sprawl fuels deadly fire risks on city outskirts

Planning mistakes are placing properties on urban outskirts at risk from bushfires, an expert says. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Over time, bushfire-prone Australia has got better at building homes capable of surviving a fiery blaze.

But mistakes are still being made at planning levels that place properties on urban outskirts at risk in the event of a flare-up, an expert says.

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