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I wanted to document some of the Pinery fire (25th Nov 2015). Partly to understand it but also so that others can appreciate what the locals have to deal with.
The Jenkin history and my memories of farms, covers the Pinery fire area. I still have uncles and oher relatives in the area with farms.
My father grew up in the area and knows almost everyone affected in the local townships (Many are related to me in some way). We took a day to check out two of my uncles farms (one was my grandparents old farm),
We checked out the creeks and roads my father learnt to drive on and where my Grandfather had a push bike accident. .
The area had 2 feet high crops everywhere ...... gone. Nothing left. No ash, no roots, no nothing. Empty fields.
Lush green areas were starting to dry out for summer, but are now arid desert sands. Some areas feel like the drought striken Mallee scrub.
We visited many of my fathers friends. My father was checking up on people in the local car club, seeing what cars survived. A few were lost and we got to see them first hand.
My dad told me about going to School and knowing Allan Tiller, who died in the fire. We saw Paul Blacket's burnt out machinery. We saw the house where they had no insurance, 4 children.
It was a very sureal evnvonment with smoke on the horizen in many directions. Days later, state emergency services, fire forensics, county fire service trucks with emergency lights flashing and insurance assessors are everywhere.
Spot fires are still burning, homes still smouldering, hay still smoking and dead livestock still laying in fields.
In town, in Wasley, the local post office is burnt and so are the Bowls club, club rooms. To show how tough they are, the locals are playing bowls, with the club behind them in ruins.
As we go through town, we see a house intact, then a burnt out house, then another house ok, then a burnt out car. The railway lines and sleepers are still smouldering.
Many houses look intact but poeple are moving out. The beams in the cealing are about to collapse.
The fire front was about 42kms (26 miles) long and was being fanned by 90 km/hr (55 miles/hr) winds. Cars were catching on fire as people were driving to flee the scene.
Many cars simply died with the lack of ozygen and vapour lock.
The fire travelled quickly and caught people off guard.
I mentioned to my father about all the old ruins about the place that had been there for years. He told me that these where from the last great fire, January 1948.
trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/43753242
Tens of thousands of hectares of crops, livestock and expensive farm machinery have been destroyed.
Industry figures estimate the economic loss to farmers could top $100 million AUD and that more than 51,000 animals have died amid fears of even more widespread damage
The area affected by the massive blaze is home to many leading cereal and pulse grain producers, who grow wheat, barley, canola, lentils and chickpeas.
Almost two-thirds of the damaged zone was paddocks. Many farmers lost valuable hay for feed and revenue.
EIGHTY seven homes have been destroyed by the Pinery fire.
Friday it was announced that the fire had been contained, with 200 firefighters remaining on the fireground to monitor and control any flare-ups.
A further 388 farm sheds and outbuildings, 93 pieces of farm machinery and 98 vehicles were destroyed.
Two people have died.
Five people remain in a critical condition in hospital with serious burns.
Ninety people have sought assistance for very minor to critical injuries.
PIRSA has assessed more than 270 properties in the fireground. They continue to help farmers and livestock owners.
More than 50,000 poultry were lost in the fire.
About 950 sheep have had to be euthanised (a number which is expected to rise sharply).
The fire has burnt an area of 82,600 hectares (826 kms squared / 513 miles squared) and has a 265 kilometre perimeter. (164 miles)
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Wood Oven Fire in Filicudi, on december 2007.
Soon in that oven there will be many pizzas, focaccias, and some good fish with potatoes!
Olathe, Kansas Fire Department's Truck 52 a 2012 Pierce Velocity 100ft Ladder 2000/300 and Reserve Quint (Ex-Quint 52) a 2009 Pierce Velocity 75ft Ladder 1500/500
Picture ID# 9609, 9610, 9611
HDR - High Dynamic Range
Fire in a tyre depot spread to adjoining buildings. Time of call; 0648hrs. Incident went MP4, MP6, MP10 and finally MP14. Crews from Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire in attendance
Henderson Fire of Clark County Nevada runs this 2018 Freightliner/North Star Ambulance from station 97.
A frequent scene in downtown Toronto... blaring sirens and flashing lights... nothing left to chance!!
The attack came unexpectedly at morning's first light when the village was most vulnerable. It began with a rifle shot, a bugle sounding "Charge~" & a band playing the opening strains of "Garry Owen." In a moment all was tumult as the charging troopers of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's 7th U.S. Cavalry came splashing across the frigid Washita River into the sleeping Cheyenne camp of Chief Black Kettle. They came in four-battalions. Custer led the largest straight into the village, as depicted above. Maj. Joel Elliott & Capts. William Thompson & Edward Myers led the others northeast & southwest in an attempt to surround the encampment. While Custer watched from a knoll to the south, the soldiers drove the Cheyenne from their lodges barefoot & half clothed & pursued them in all directions. Some of the warriors fought & died in the village; others took up positions behind trees & in ravines & returned fire; many of them escaped. The village's leader Black Kettle, & his wife Medicine Woman Later, were killed by soldiers while trying to cross the Washita River. When the firing ceased two hours later, approximately 30 to 60 Cheyenne lay dead in the snow & mud.
Following Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's plan to cripple resistance, Custer ordered the slaughter of the village's pony & mule herds, estimated at over 800 animals. He also ordered the burning of the Cheyenne lodges, with all their winter supply of food & clothing. Then, realizing that many more Indians were threatening from the east. Custer feigned an attack toward their downriver camps & quickly retreated to Camp Supply with his captives-53 women & children.
This looks cozy but it was extremely frustrating. The firewood I picked up at a nearby shop looked dry. It felt dry. But it would not catch fire. Two nights in a row a got a good blaze going, but once the kindling was gone, the fire petered out. On the second night I had a huge amount of kindling, enough for twenty minutes of roaring fire, but the logs would only smolder.
It's almost sad to watch a huge roaring fire burn itself down to just a few glowing embers.
And yet, the last moments of any fire's life are so glorious and beautiful. :)
A fire out back on a July evening. It is interesting to see the motion and the texture of the flames, captured in a picture!
One from my first attempt at photographing fire. It's far from perfect but I hope you like it! Handheld with Canon 7D & Tamron 90mm.
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