Update Ergon-Long block and Whipbird Drive - northern part of 17 Mile Road

Just received this from KP 12.00 midday 23 October, no time to edit, apart from a couple of clarifications.

just heard from Gary Clarke [fire crew - Private Forestry Services Queensland contracted to Ergon], they are still back burning along the top end of portion 1 [outlined in red - the Ergon-Long block - known locally as Eagle Rock, but there is come confusion because the same name is used for another Ergon block], it's burning steadily, once that's completed (i gather some time later today) they are going to let the rest of the portion go to meet up with the other blocks that were burned off a couple of months ago.

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James and Ken [local property owners who have been working on controlling this fire for the last three days] are with David Ralph and Geoff Eudi (?sic?) from the Ravensbourne/ Perseverance rural fire brigade at the property of Mick Reedy down the end of Whipbird Drive [Whipbird Drive is the road that goes in an arc across the top of the screen shot]. 

 Ken said he thinks the fire will head from there up to the Esk Hampton Rd.

The rest of the local crews are all over at Cressbrook, the road between Ravensbourne and Cressbrook has been closed.