Bushfire royal commission: what happened when the bushfires hit Lake Conjola

Katie Burgess
Updated July 7 2020 - 7:05am, first published July 6 2020 - 3:30pm
Homes, property and lives were lost in the fires which tore through Lake Conjola this summer. Picture: Karleen Minney
Homes, property and lives were lost in the fires which tore through Lake Conjola this summer. Picture: Karleen Minney

A former ACT Emergency Services commissioner has told of the chaos as thousands of tourists were evacuated from Lake Conjola as fires bore down on the South Coast hamlet with little warning.

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Katie Burgess

Katie Burgess

Federal politics reporter

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