Fire chief warned of wildfire dangers last year

The fire chief had warned a year ago of the dangers of wildfires and how the system is ill-equipped to deal with them, according to a confidential transcript from a parliamentary meeting revealed on Tuesday.

Excerpts of the transcript, which daily Politis got hold of, show the officer listing off a number of shortcomings that needed to be addressed.

His testimony – which the paper dubbed ‘prophetic’ given last week’s