Eden's Cannery Wharf has suffered damage following a fire on Saturday night.
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Crews from the Eden Fire and Rescue station responded to calls to 000 around 8pm and found sections near the end of the wharf well alight.
Station Commander Zlatko Nemec said the fire was extinguished, but is urging residents to be mindful of the damage caused..
"There are a large section of holes at the end of the wharf that a child could fall through or cause grievous injury," Commander Nemec said.
He said the station had received reports there were people fishing from the end of the wharf earlier and Fire and Rescue members found the ignition source to be cigarette butts.
"We located a number of cigarette butts around that section of the wharf," he said.
Commander Nemec said he could not speak to the engineering or structural integrity of the wharf, but confirmed the fire appeared to be accidentally lit.
He said the crew did not believe it to be deliberate. "There was no signs of any accelerant used."
The Eden 286 crew had earlier been kept busy when sections of a hazard reduction burn reignited around 3pm on Saturday.
"It was a hazard reduction area that we had burnt on Wednesday in conjunction with the RFS," Commander Nemec said.
"Due to the wind an area was re-ignited, but the Eden RFS attended as well where they went around to extinguish any other areas that might have reignited due to the wind."
Commander Nemec praised the residents who reported to flare ups quickly, while he also said RFS crews have been monitoring the area closely.
"They've been going through it virtually every day to assess and there was no cause for alarm," he said.
"The Eden RFS crews have done an excellent job with hazard reduction burns in preparation for summer."
The Rural Fire Service and Fire and Rescue crews are urging all Far South Coast residents to get their properties prepared now.
"The general advice is for people to start preparing," Commander Nemec said.
"Go onto either the Rural Fire Service or Fire and Rescue sites and there are suggestions for people to start preparing their homes just in case something does happen over this summer period.
"Unfortunately it's too late once something happens."
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