Fire

[JDNSW]

We have a fire in the forest near here. It was started by lightning this afternoon, and RFS is in attendance (see Fires Near Me - NSW Rural Fire Service, it is the Garlings Rd fire). It is no immediate threat, It is about 25km due north of here, and the wind is currently west and due to change to S tonight, then drop.

Our local brigade has been told to stay put.

John

[AndyG]

Stay safe, I followed the Dubbo airport fire, a fair way from you I think.
It's going to be a tough summer

Andrew

[V8Ian]

Stay safe John.

[Sitec]

If you have any inkling that its headed your way, and unless you have a decent fire pump and are well organised, then leave while you can. We've had a few close ones here, and now have a large diesel twin impeller pump and two 25mm layflats that run around the house with decent branches in each end. Wife is under instruction to grab the fire box and dogs and go to a pre arranged location (one in each direction from the house). If in the event she gets caught (as I'll usually be on the fire truck), she now knows how to deal with it and most importantly protect herself. Leaving early is the safest option. Stay safe and good luck.

[Ancient Mariner]

I added last Saturday in Post, Question for the Firies about the fire we had Friday. I checked for anything smouldering Friday night and all day Saturday
Sunday going up the house for lunch and big clouds of black smoke.The fire had started up again and the tractor was burning and about a meter off the long grass Just proves you cant be to careful


AM

[The ho har's]

Stay safe John, I know how isolated you are from the major roads. Will keep our fingers crossed for you

Mrs hh

[JDNSW]

Had 8.5mm of rain overnight, which will help no end. If the RFS map is correct, it seems to be contained on the other side of the bitumen.

From reports this morning there has been a fairly big effort thrown at it - I expect they are having visions of another Warrumbungles fire, where the early control efforts were roundly criticised in the recent inquiry.

John

[wrinklearthur]

----- The fire had started up again and the tractor was burning and about a meter off the long grass Just proves you cant be to careful

That's rotten luck AM, a few bobs worth of damage on the tractor, tyres alone will cost a bit.

I have seen tractors that have been burnt worse restored.
What model Inter is it, looks like a 696 but really cant tell?


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[JDNSW]

From the latest information the fire did cross the main road, but was contained last night and this morning was claimed to be behind a bare earth perimeter all the way round. The road was still closed when I went to town this morning, but was reopened about 1400 this afternoon. The latest update on their website as I write is 0951, but reopening the road suggests an improvement since then. On my way into town I passed several RFS utes and a council tanker heading out, but on the way home passed a fire truck heading for town.

Sounds pretty good, but it is certain to still have embers, and a few days dry weather followed by a strong winds could be a case of "here we go again"!

John

[Ausfree]

We have had some lightning strikes around here also. This boat on Lake Macquarie was destroyed by a lightning strike, last night.

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