National Parks and Wildlife executive director Mike Williams has been appointed as the local recovery coordinator for the island.
He said all buildings within the Flinders Chase National Park appeared to have been destroyed, apart from the Cape du Couedic and Cape Borda lighthouses on the far west coast. The Western Districts Football Club's sports centre, where the club's memorabilia was kept, was destroyed by the fire.
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