Thread: All 2019/20 bushfire comments here.

Just noticed these are for earlier fires. I will try to get updated info.

This should do the job


Live Traffic NSW

RACQ road closure list.


Traffic Update & Road Closures - RACQ Traffic Report & Conditions

I'll just add to that, if you look at the "fires near me" website, Fires Near Me, you can see that there are fires close to a number of major roads, and given the weather today you can expect some of these to close some time during the day. This applies especially to the Great Western Highway, the Princes Highway and the Hume. because of this, alternative routes are likely to have heavier than normal traffic, in some cases leading to very slow progress, especially if there is an accident or a new fire.

The general recommendation for today from the NSW RFS is "Stay where you are unless you have to drive to escape fire threats". This applies especially to anyone wanting to leave Greater Sydney.

Heroes! RIP

Well I was waiting on a standby for a crew change at 0130 this morning, a mate from my brigade was hospitalised yesterday and still is along with a number of firefighters.
This is what happens when retards **** about with gas cylinders near an ignition source. Wrecked a fair few people's Christmas I'd say. So maybe not horrific, but certainly not funny. Especially when the whole thing could have been avoided.

Originally Posted by bob10

The Seaford fire. Described as " horrific " Media beat up ? glad I didn't say that.

Exploding gas bottles spark 'horrific' suburban fire on record hot day

This IS a media "Beat Up" as the cause of the fire had bugger all to do with the 40C heat, It was caused by ****wits Not the Weather.
Sure it was Horrific But it had bugger all to do with the weather like the news article alluded to, Are the climate change zealots going to link EVERY fire to "Climate Change" regardless of the cause of the fire now??

Originally Posted by trout1105

This IS a media "Beat Up" as the cause of the fire had bugger all to do with the 40C heat, It was caused by ****wits Not the Weather.
Sure it was Horrific But it had bugger all to do with the weather like the news article alluded to, Are the climate change zealots going to link EVERY fire to "Climate Change" regardless of the cause of the fire now??

Yeah you're right, no big deal & definitely a "media beat up". We live not far from there, & for sure I wouldn't want to have been close the explosions, but it was under control in no time.
Pickles.