Orange smoke haze causing increased 111 calls

Police is asking people not to call the 111 emergency number to report the orange haze in the sky caused by the Australian bush fires.

We are currently receiving high numbers of calls related to this.

While we appreciate these conditions may be causing concern, the 111 emergency number is for instances when:

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