Bush BBQ or the flaming bush

Ian · 23rd January 2003

A few shots of a local bushfire a week last Sunday. As luck would have it the fire was more or less under control by the time I got to it. According to the Police on duty it had taken around 45 minutes to claim some 40 acres of bushland and was almost certainly deliberatly lit by a fire bug.

A flare up in a gully just after I arrived on the scene. As with all but the last shot in this sequence I was faced with shooting almost in to the sun to get the shot. An predominantlyEasterly wind with sudden Westerly reversals was gusting at around 35km/h when this shot was made.

The flames intensify in the gully ... The bushes are due west of where I was.

Ian · 23rd January 2003

For what seemed like an eternity not much seemed to really happen .....

Then in a matter of a couple of seconds it went up in a raging inferno.....

Ian · 23rd January 2003

A north facing view of the smoke and closed road, complete with fire tender heading up the hill to refill it's water tanks.

The day after the fire. Partial remains of the fence surrounding part of the nature reserve on it's south westerly side.

23rd January 2003	#1
Ian Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Perth Australia Posts: 2,321	Bush BBQ or the flaming bush A few shots of a local bushfire a week last Sunday. As luck would have it the fire was more or less under control by the time I got to it. According to the Police on duty it had taken around 45 minutes to claim some 40 acres of bushland and was almost certainly deliberatly lit by a fire bug. A flare up in a gully just after I arrived on the scene. As with all but the last shot in this sequence I was faced with shooting almost in to the sun to get the shot. An predominantlyEasterly wind with sudden Westerly reversals was gusting at around 35km/h when this shot was made. The flames intensify in the gully ... The bushes are due west of where I was. __________________ The Ang Moh from Hell Last edited by Ian; 23rd January 2003 at 04:25 AM.

23rd January 2003	#2
Ian Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Perth Australia Posts: 2,321	For what seemed like an eternity not much seemed to really happen ..... Then in a matter of a couple of seconds it went up in a raging inferno..... __________________ The Ang Moh from Hell

23rd January 2003	#3
Ian Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Perth Australia Posts: 2,321	A north facing view of the smoke and closed road, complete with fire tender heading up the hill to refill it's water tanks. The day after the fire. Partial remains of the fence surrounding part of the nature reserve on it's south westerly side. __________________ The Ang Moh from Hell