First Bushfire of the Season

Posting early today because I am out this afternoon and evening.

Last Saturday I went to Soldiers Point to take photos and saw thousands of soldier crabs. Will post the photos in a couple of days time.

I mentioned the crabs to David and on Tuesday we both went down again this time for him to take photos too.

On our way home we spotted smoke coming from the Mambo Wetlands close to home.

It wasn't a huge fire and very probably deliberately lit due to the location and weather conditions, but it was difficult to put the fire out because the fire engines couldn't get close to the fire. Helicopters were there dropping water bombs to extinguish the fire.

I will post a photo of Google maps in my Topics album to show you where the fire was.

The problem with this fire is that it was so close to houses.

I took this photo on Soldiers Point Road on our way home.

Here is a link to a Google map image of where the fire was.

https://365project.org/onewing/topics/2022-11-10


No need to comment.

[bkb in the city]

Thank goodness it did not get out of control

[Jane Pittenger]

Yikes

[Bill]

I am surprised that someone would lite a fire after the terrible fires your country had a couple of years ago.

[Rick]

Hope they got it under control.

[Babs]

@cwbill a lot of our fires are deliberately lit unfortunately

[Yao RL]

I feel sorry for those firefighters.

[John Falconer]

The rain is on the way. 😀😀😀
Nice shot.

[Kathy]

Hope not much damage done.

[Diana]

So sad when it's close to homes, good that it was taken care of.

[Issi Bannerman]

Glad it's all ok. Must be a big worry when it's close to homes.

[Wylie]

here we go again...

[Joan Robillard]

Must be scary for the people living close to the bush

[Susan Wakely]

Let’s hope it is controlled before getting out of control.

[Casablanca]

Uh oh.....hope you don't see too many of these this season

[Valerie Chesney]

Oh Babs... those fire fighters are heroes in my opinion... bush fire season here too.

[Dione Giorgio]

Seems a hard time for the fire fighters. How stupid some people could be to start a fire deliberately and not caring for the hard work of the brave fire fighters to tackle it.

[Peter Dulis]

nice one

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Oh dear, that's not a good thing to see. Hope everything will be okay.

[Fisher Family]

I really don't understand people starting fires deliberately, it is so negative and distructive. One of the biggest causes of fires in the country here seems to be people abandoning disposable barbeques during hot dry weather.

Ian

[Krista Marson]

And so the season of fires begins...

[Margaret Brown]

Very scary situation it must be frightening living on the edge of somethings that could destroy your home

[MONTSERRAT]

Effrayant, j'espère pas trop de dégâts

[carol white]

Hope no one has been injured and that the fire 🔥 is soon extinguished

[Pat Knowles]

Any smoke in Australia must be scary!

[Judith Johnson]

What a shame if it was lit deliberately. A nice diary shot

[Carole Sandford]

Always a worry!

[Babs]

@bkbinthecity @jgpittenger @cwbill @rickster549 @yaorenliu @johnfalconer @randystreat @ludwigsdiana @jamibann @pusspup @joansmor @wakelys @casablanca @happysnaps @sangwann @pdulis @mittens @fishers @blueberry1222 @craftymeg @montserrat @carolmw @happypat @busylady @carole_sandford Thanks. The fire did come close to some houses but luckily no damage to property was done. Unfortunately, the wetlands are home to lots of koalas, possums, lace monitors and lots of birds etc. and their homes have been destroyed. Shame on the people who deliberately light fires.

[Peter]

Much to close for comfort Babs hope it’s soon sorted out:)

[Kate]

There are enough devastating fires that start naturally without having to deal with deliberate destruction by fire.

[Pyrrhula]

Have a great time. Great shot of the smoke and street.

[Erika]

Yikes! i hope it doesn't spread too much!

[Pam]

That is so scary.

[Islandgirl]

Good thing it wasn't a huge fire!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

People can be so stupid. What is the allure of lighting a fire that destroys home and habitat- it's beyond my comprehension.

[Kathy A]

And they rarely catch the culprits unfortunately