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September 4th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
UPDATE 2.10pm: A VICTORIAN woman is fighting for her life in hospital after competing in an ultra-marathon ravaged by bushfire.
The victim, named locally as 35-year-old Kate Sanderson from Mornington, is believed to have suffered 80 per cent burns to her body.
She was running the 100km course in far northern WA on Friday at 5pm when a wildfire trapped her and three others in a small gorge near Kununurra.
Ms Sanderson was taken to Darwin Hospital before being flown to a specialist burns unit at the Alfred Hospital.
She remained in a critical condition today.
Turia Pitt, a 24-year-old originally from NSW, is also in a critical condition, while two men have also suffered severe injuries.
Ms Sanderson’s profile on the Kimberley Ultramarathon website states she is a seasoned long-distance elite racer, but this was her first time competing in the Kimberley event.
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“Kate Sanderson has completed five 100km ultra runs and recently entered, but did not finish, a 700km adventure race (she got to 500km),” it reads.
“Kate embarks on her first RacingThePlanet event at the Kimberley Ultramarathon 2011.”
The Royal Flying Doctor Service flew the two women to Darwin hospital. Two men, aged 44 and 56 and with 10 to 20 per cent burns, were flown to Perth yesterday.
Competitor Oskar Booth, 24, said the runners became trapped in a narrow gorge.
“As we came out of checkpoint two, we came into a large amount of smoke but couldn’t see any flames,” Mr Booth said.
“The fire seemed to have accelerated and gone up to the gorge and trapped people.
“I could see thick plumes of smoke and it was getting hard to breathe – that’s when I realised it was serious.”
A Western Australia Police arson squad detective and Fire and Emergency Services Authority fire investigator travelled to the tragic scene, amid fears the fire may have been deliberately lit.
Royal Flying Doctor Service spokeswoman Joanne Hill said the four people were trapped in a gorge at El Questro Station.
“They were running through the gorge and a bushfire held them up and they had nowhere to go,” she said.
Race organiser, Hong Kong-based RacingThePlanet, posted a statement on its Facebook page saying: “Our thoughts are with the competitors who were burned yesterday in the bushfires.
“All participants involved in the event are off of the course and safe.
“We regret that we cannot provide more details at this time, but family members of those affected have been contacted.”
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