This week we are welcoming the newest column (weekly post) titled Saturday Hotshot. Enjoy.
INFERNO: Firefighters battle a fire raging at Darwin River (above) and (below, right) the furious blaze bears down on a Berry Springs rural firefighters’ vehicle. Pictures: BRAD FLEET
As seen in the photo above (Story Here), Australia’s Bravest get to work on a fire in Darwin. I don’t know about you but I like to fight fires this big with a hell of a lot more water than that. Then again, I am an Urban Firefighter and don’t (fingers crossed) have to worry about woodland fires such as the one depicted in the photograph…lucky me.
See the Northern Territories Volunteer Bushfire Fighters online here.
RESIDENTS had to evacuate their homes yesterday as a raging fire ripped through their back yards in Darwin’s rural area.
Many were forced to watch the devastation from the safety of the roadside as flames “as high as the rooftops” came within metres of their homes.
Plumes of dark smoke quickly filled the sky as the blaze erupted in a paddock behind homes and businesses, including a service station, along the Stuart Highway at Coolalinga, about 30km south of Darwin, about 11am.
Also on the FireCritic …
- Roadside Tributes Blamed for Fatal Crash – July 10, 2009
- Around the World Fire Report – July 20, 2009
- Luxury Boats Burn in Sydney – July 22, 2009
- New Mega-Fire Category for Bushfires in Victoria, Australia – August 30, 2009
